Nekhbet
Egyptian · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Vulture goddess of Upper Egypt, protector of king and the Two Ladies.
Domains
- kingship protection
- upper egypt
Powers
- Sheltering the king under outstretched vulture wings
- Crown the king as the Two Ladies with Wadjet
Epithets
- 𓄋𓏏𓆗 'the White One (of Nekhen)' — vulture-goddess as patron of Upper Egypt and the White CrownPyramid Texts, Utterance 412 (primary)
- 𓎟𓏏𓊪𓏏 'the Two Ladies' — Nekhbet with Wadjet as the royal Nebty-name protectressesRoyal titulary, Nebty-name formula (Old Kingdom onward) (primary)
Relations
- companion: WadjetVulture goddess of Upper Egypt; with the cobra Wadjet of Lower Egypt forms the canonical Two Ladies (Nebty) tutelary pair of the unified kingship.Royal nbtj 'Two Ladies' titulary (Nekhbet of Upper Egypt and Wadjet of Lower Egypt), attested from the Early Dynastic period onward (primary)
Sources
- existence: Pyramid Texts, Utterance 729 (primary)