Wadjet

Cobra goddess of Lower Egypt and the protective royal uraeus.

Domains

• kingship protection
• lower egypt

Powers

• Burning the king's enemies as the rearing uraeus

Epithets

• 𓇋𓂋𓏏𓆙 egyptian-hieroglyphic · jꜥrt'the Uraeus / Cobra' — the rearing serpent on the royal brow protecting the kingPyramid Texts, Utterance 273-274 (Cannibal Hymn) (primary)
• wꜣḏyt Egyptian · Wadjyt · namethe Green OneWilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt, s.v. Wadjet (secondary)
• nbt pr-nw Egyptian · nebet Per-nu · cultLady of Per-nu (the Lower-Egyptian shrine)Leitz, Lexikon der ägyptischen Götter und Götterbezeichnungen, s.v. Wadjet (secondary)

Relations

• interpretatio: LetoReciprocal of greek_hesiod_leto.interpretatio — Hdt calls the cobra-goddess of Buto 'Leto', as nurse-protector of Apollo-Horus on the floating island Chemmis. Preserves the divine-child protection; breaks on Wadjet's uraeus kingship-emblem role.Herodotus, Histories 2.155-156 (oracle of Leto at Buto) (primary)
• companion: NekhbetReciprocal of egyptian_nekhbet.companion — Vulture 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 220 (primary)