#kemetic epithets

[akhret]

Wadjet

𓆘        𓇅𓏏𓆗      𓇆𓏏𓆇𓆗      𓇅𓏏𓆘
   𓇅𓇌𓏏      𓇆𓇌𓏏𓆗      𓇅𓏏𓇌       𓇅𓇌𓏏𓉐  
 𓇆𓇌𓏏𓐎𓆗      𓇅𓏤      𓇅𓏏𓆇     𓇅𓇌𓏏𓆗  
𓍯𓄿𓏏𓆓     𓏸𓏸𓏸𓇅𓏏𓆘       𓇆𓇌𓏏𓆇𓆙

Epithets

The mother of all the gods

Great of Magic

Mistress of Earth

The Devouring Flame

Who burns the enemy at the bow of the barque of Re

She who gives light

She who glows in the darkness

Areas of Worships

Wadjet was the tutelary goddess of Lower Egypt but her cult center was in Pe and Dep. her shrine was called the per-nu or the ‘House of Flame.’

Offerings

Cobra statues or imagery of the uraeus.

You can also offer her fire- whether this is imagery, candles, or bonfires.

You can offer her papyrus, plants that grow in marshes (like cattail), or fresh greens.

Incense, candles, essential oils, or perfumes that smell of Myrrh, dragonsblood, fresh scents, grass, earthy scents

Jewelry, lapis, turquoise, or faience

Information

Wadjet’s name means ‘the fresh one,’ ‘the green one,’ or ‘she of the papyrus.’ Pinch believes this may refer to her embodiment of the constantly renewed vegetation of the marshes. The marshes themselves play a big role in Wadjet’s connection to Horus, though, as this became the place where Isis left her son to find her husband’s corpse. Wadjet and Nekhbet become the wet nurse to Herusaaset, protecting and shielding his body from any evil that may threaten him.

Wadjet was the tutelary goddess of Lower Egypt; whereas Nekhbet was the tutelary goddess of Upper Egypt- together they were know as the ‘two ladies.’ You can see both of them on the Double Crown of Egypt, or the Pschent crown, where they symbolized the unification of the two lands. Pinch suggests that perhaps they were warring opposities, in the same way that Sutekh and Horus are, but no surviving texts survive to back this up.

Wadjet, herself, is the emboidment of the ureaus on the royal headdress. She’s a protective deity of kingship and would spit fire/venom at the enemies of the pharaoh. She can be seen protecting both Re and Wesir, where she protected Re’s solar barque and the corpse of Asar. Her protecting the corpse of Wesir might connect her to being a guardian of the deceased king.

[the-ointment-jar]

Epithets of Bast

Who rises in the horizon

The Lady of Heaven

The Lady of Heaven and Earth

The Lady inside the solar disk

Who rises as the Golden One

The faces / the people see because of her sunbeams

The Lady of Light

Who illuminates the faces with her rays

The Mistress of Splendor

Who dispels darkness

Who creates the rays

The Lady of Jubilation

The Lady of Bubastis

The Lady of Bubastis in the Waters of Ra

Who allows the two lands to flourish

The Lady of the Two Lands

Who protects her father

Who prepares the protection of her brother in the house of gold

Who fills the palace with joy

The Lady of the Palace

The Lady of the Birth Houses

Who is raised/reared in the Great House

The Lady of the House of Flame

The Foremost of the House of Bast of Upper Egypt

The Foremost of the House of Jubilation

The Foremost of the Princely House

The Foremost of the House of Sistrums

The Foremost of the Great Throne

The Lady of the Waters

The Lady of the East

Who enters the hill for herself

The Mistress of Protection in the Defined Pasture

The Mistress of Cities

The Mistress of all the Lands

Who is in the midst of the oasis

The Ruler of the Defined Fields

The Lady of Life

She gives life to those who go on her way/path

The Mistress of the Breath of Life

Who gives birth to goddesses on her command

She with great strength

The Mistress of the Run/Course

She with the swift gait

She with many faces

She with many forms

The Mistress of Manifestations

She with perfect face

She with pleasant scent

The Mistress of the Red Linen

The Mistress of Jewelry

The Mistress of Binding

The Devouring (Flame)

The Forehead Snake

The Cobra

The Great Cobra

The Cobra of Ra

Eye of Ra

Eye of Heru

The Great Eye of Heru

Eye of Atum

The Eye of the Pupil of the Udjat Eye

She with great Bas

The Ba of Aset

The Ba of the Lady of Rekhit

Who allows her Ba to shine

Who has found her Ba

Who inflicts massacre against the crooked-hearted

Who inflicts a massacre of the enemies

Whose flame comes out against her enemies

Who lets her flame come out against the enemies of Sokar

Who burns the rebels with her fiery breath

Who brings the enemies of the ruler of venerability to fall

Who casts down the rebels

Who prepares the protection of her father, Ra

Who prepares the protection of her child in his nest

Who protects Anat with her son, Heru

The Mistress of Joy

The Laudator

Who delights Ra with the beat of her fingers (that is, as a musician)

Who exhaunts/balls out the concerns

The Lady of Offerings

Who is protected by the falcon

Who is protected by the gods

The sound of the hand drum is beautiful to her ears

The flood water flows on her command

The Reigning Queen

The Ruler

The Two Lands are united for her

The Lady of Cobras

Who is on her Throne

Her father cools her heat (her anger)

Who gives birth to the ram

The daughter of Ra

The daughter of Khepera

The daughter of Atum

The sisters

Who satisfies the heart of her father, Ra

She with great popularity

The very popular one

The gods rejoice at the sight of her face

The gods and people rejoice at the sight of her

The Great One

She with great authority

She with many names

The Unique One of the Protectors of her Father

The Unique Mistress

Who is over the secret

Who is over the secret of Atum

She with the secret form

The Golden One

She with great terror

The Mistress of Terror

The Mistress of Fear

The Mistress of Carnage

The Fiery/Flaming One

Who sends the messengers of Khenti Amenti as united gods

Who sends out the knife demons

The Mistress of Messengers

She with the powerful heart

Who is powerful in the fight

Who is in the midst of her barque

The Mistress of the Box

The Lady of Food

Who opens the perfect year

The Mistress of the Beginning of the Year

She with great magic

[kemetnefret]

{🪷 Nu/Nun 𓏌𓏌𓏌𓇯𓈗𓀭 🪷}

| Personification of the primordial waters | 🌊 { Name: } Hieroglyphs:

| 𓏌𓏌𓏌𓅱 | 𓏌𓏌𓏌𓅱𓅆 | 𓏌𓏌𓏌𓇯𓈗𓀭  𓏌𓏌𓏌𓇯𓈗 | 𓏌𓏌𓏌𓇯𓀭 | 𓏌𓏌𓏌𓅱𓇯𓈗𓀭  |  𓏌𓏌𓏌 | 𓈖𓈖𓏌𓏌𓏌𓅱 | 𓈖𓏌𓏌𓏌 | 𓈖𓏌𓏌𓏌𓅱𓅆 | Transliteration: nw , nnw Reconstruction: na:nu (Old Egyptian), na:nə (New Egyptian), ​nun (Late Egyptian) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - { Epithets : } 🌊 ~ nb pt – The lord of the sky ~ rdi TAw – Who gives the Atum breath ~ aA nt – The one with great flood ~ ir tA – Who creates the earth ~ xnty wTst Hr – The head of Edfu ~ xnty tA rr – The head of Dendera ~ nb pr dwAt – The lord of the house of the underworld ~ xnty st wrt – The head of the great seat ~ nty Hr sATw – Who is on the ground ~ iwH Axt – Who floods the field ~ sp n.f Haw m Hapy – Who himself leaves his body as the flood ~ it nTrw – The father of the gods ~ it nTrw StAw – The father of the secret gods ~ it smsww – The father of the old ones ~ SAa xpr xnt – Who started becoming at the beginning ~ ir Xrt prr im.f – Who cares for the needs of the one who came out of him ~ sanx wnnt – Who keeps alive that which exists ~ it n ra – The father of Ra ~ bs Dsr n imn rn.f – The secret shape of the one with a hidden name ~ pr r nwnt – Who himself goes back to Naunet

{ Offerings : } 🌊 ~ Water, Milk, Beer, Wine, Bread, Flowers (UPG) ~ Lettuce, Fruits, Vegetables, Meat ~ Incense, Perfumes, Candles, Oils ~ ( Frankincense, lotus, sandalwood, lavender, chamomille, sea scents ) ~ Blue gems (UPG), pots/pottery/vases, Ankh Was Djed ~ Imagery of Bulls, Snakes, Frogs, or water ~ (Boats (UPG?), shells (UPG), sea animals (UPG)) Dua Nun 𓀀𓀀𓀀 { * Sources: } - Sesh kemet (https://seshkemet.weebly.com/nunun.html) - LAGG Nu Epithets (Lexikon der ägyptischen götter und götterbezeichnungen) - UPG (Labelled as so) + General information

[meseqet]

Epithets of Djehuti

Part 1

(From the books "Lexikon der ägyptischen Götter und Götterbezeichnungen")

twr shm sA.f m abw.f - The one who purifies the image of his son with his purification (the epithet of Djehuti, who, together with Horus of Behdet, purifies the pharaoh).

twr ht nbt m awy.fy - The one who cleanses everything with his own hands.

twr nTrw m rA awy.fy - The one who purifies the gods by the action of his hands.

twr psDt m rA awy.fy - The one who purifies the nine by the action of his hands.

tAyty sAb n tA - Vizier of the country.

tAyty sAb n nTrw nTrwt - Vizier of Gods and Goddesses.

gsgs tA hr ndb.f - The one who rules the country.

gsgs tA pn - The one who rules this land (= Egypt).

gsgs wDAt - The one who collects the eye of Wadjet.

grg hwwt - The one who founds temples.

gmhsw wr - Great Hawk.

kAp snT n st wrt nt ra - The one who hides the foundation of the great throne of Ra.

kA m Ddw - Bull in Busiris.

kA kAw n hwt aAt - Bull of the bulls of the great house.

kA Ssm - Bull of the books of the law.

kA m hwt aAt - Bull in the great house.

kA nTrw - Bull of the gods.

kA m imntt - Bull in the West.

kn - Brave.

kmA snwy - The one who created two brothers.

kmA ht nbt - The one who creates all things.

kmA ntt nbt - The one who created everything.

kmA nfrw - The one who creates perfection.

kmA pt - The one who created the heavens.

kmA wnnt nbt m tA - The one who created everything that exists on this earth.

StA - Mysterious.

Ssp mAwt m dwAyt - The one who receives the morning rays.

SsA - Knowledgeable.

Smsw iwnw - Guardian of Heliopolis.

Sps n nTrw nbw - The most magnificent of the gods.

Sps nTrw - Greatest of the Gods.

SbSb ht m ht mn - The one who controls the things of the world.

SAa drf - The one who started writing.

SAa Dwwy - The one who created the two mountain ranges in the beginning.

SAa tit - The one who invented the written symbol.

SAa SAy m SAa hr nhp.f - The one who started destiny from the very beginning on his potter's wheel.

SAa sphr m kma.n ib.f - The one who began to write as his heart created.

SAa sphr m SAa - Who started writing things down in the beginning.

SAa sphr - The one who started writing.

SAy rnnt m a.f - The one in whose hand is fate and destiny.

[kemetic-dreams]

The name for Japan in Japanese is written using the kanji 日本 and is pronounced Nippon or Nihon.

Before 日本 was adopted in the early 8th century, the country was known in China as Wa (倭, changed in Japan around 757 to 和) and in Japan by the endonymYamato.

Nippon, the original Sino-Japanese reading of the characters, is favored for official uses, including on banknotes and postage stamps.

Nihon is typically used in everyday speech and reflects shifts in Japanese phonology during the Edo period. The characters 日本 mean "sun origin", which is the source of the popular Western epithet "Land of the Rising Sun"

[langefisharcade]

Any more epithets or Gods with Epithets?

Epithets

I've been feeling rather disconnected from my craft as of late, and it's becoming incredibly difficult for me to try to feel like I'm connected, so I decided to just do some basic epithet research for a few of my deities because it's the only thing I feel like I have the mental capacity for right now, and I need to feel like I'm connected somehow.

Sekhmet

Crown of Ra

Eye of Ra

Feline

Golden One

Great Goddess of the House of Ptah

Great of Flame

Lady of Ankhtawy

Lady of Ast

Lady of Heaven

Lady of Ladies

Lady of Life

Lady of Plague

Lady of Protection

Mistress of Life

Mistress of Red Linen

Mistress of Terror in the Temple of the Sistrum

Mistress of the Two Lands

Mistress of the Year

Sacred Eye in the Temple

She Who Dances on Blood

The Great

Who Does What She Wishes

Who Fills the Ways with Blood

Who Seizes Impious Ones

Who Slaughters to the Limits of All She Sees

At Whose Wish the Arts Were Born

Pure One

Roamer of Deserts

Wanderer in the Wastes

Self-Contained

Flaming One

Awakener

Opener of Ways

Giver of Ecstasies

Enlightener

Empowerer

Lady of the Magic Lamp

Lady of the Bloodbath

Destroyer by Plagues

Great One of Healing

Destroyer by Fire

Lady of Jubilation

Lady of Intoxications

Protectress of the Divine Order

Warrior Goddess

Goddess of Love

Devouring One

Beloved Teacher

Neith

She Who Opens All the Pathways

She Who Opens the Way in All Her Places

The Great

The Red

Of the House of the Bee

Regent of Mehet-Weret

Who Inaugurated Birth when Birth Had Not Yet Been

She Who Appeared From Herself

She Who Separates Islands from Shores

She Who Separated for Us the Bright Dawn from the Night, Made for Us a Ground Upon Which We May Take Support, Separated for Us Night from Day

The Goddess Who Divided the Comb of her Loom Among the Five Who Inhabit the Heaven and Earth

The Divine Mother

Who is Alive, Hale, and Young

Protectress of the Throne

The Mistress of the Oil of Unction

The Mistress of the Fabric of Unction

The Great Lady

Lady of Heaven

Mistress of Divinities

Goddess of the Moon, the Sky, the Earth, Childbirth, Hunting, Love, and Battle

Great Goddess

She Who Is Self-Produced

The First Birthgiver

Divine Shehe

Mother of Mothers

Father of Fathers

She Who Brought Forth The Sun Before Anything Else Existed

She Who Personifies that Place in the Sky Where the Sun Rises

She Who Weaves the World on Her Loom

Great Mother of Deities

Source of Ancient Wisdom

She to Whom Even Gods Appeal for Justice

Warring Protectress Against Invaders

She Who Blesses the Hunter's Weapons

Nourisher and Sustainer of Life

Bestower of Poetic Insight

Culture-Bringer

Lady of Sais

Sorceress

Controller and Organizer of Water

She Who Is Associated with the Draining of Marshes and the Creation of Productive Land

Matron of Crafts and Industries

Healer and Midwife

Protectress of the Dead to Whom She Offers Bread and Water from a Tree

She Who Has Four Forms in her Duat

Opener of Ways

She Who Runs Like an Arrow

Lap of Power

World-Weaver

Dripping-Rain

Mistress of the Bow

Ruler of Arrows

Cow of Heaven

Virgin Mother Goddess

Astarte

The Holy Queen

Lady

Lady of Heaven

She of the Womb

She of the Field

The Strong One

The Face of Ba'al

The Mistress of Horses

The Mistress of the Chariot

The One with the Steadfast Heart

Who Grasps Weapons/Who Seizes Weapons for Herself

The Mistress of the Gods

She Who is Pregnant but Cannot Give Birth

The Naked Goddess

Anubis

Accounter of Hearts

Assume All Your Authority and All Your Power

Beauty Who Leads to the Beautiful West

Beautiful Paths on Which the Blessed Go

Beautiful Guardian

Black One

Chief Physician

Chief of Butchers

Chief of the Herds

Chief of the Oxen of Sacrifice

Chief of Shepherds

Child of JAckals and Dogs

Controller of the Two Lands

Dog

Dog-Faced God

Embalmer

Enduring Youth

Foremost of the Divine Booth

Foremost of the God's Shrine

Foremost of the Westerners

Great

Great Child

Great God

Great One

Great Strength

He of the Grain Products

He to Whom the Earth Belongs

He Who Announces the Way

He Who Checks the Heart

He Who Checks the Scales

He Who Makes the Corpses

Key-Holder

Lord of Light

Ruler of the Living

Ruler of Eternity

[taking-thyme]

The Structure of a Pagan Prayer

When appealing to a deity or making an offering, it’s wise to know how this was traditionally done in the past so you can be as respectful as possible and build a true reciprocity with the gods. This type of prayer structure is found in all manner of pagan religions from Norse paganism, Hellenic (Greek) polytheism, Kemetic (Egyptian) prayer and so on. I got the inspiration and much of the information here from @Ocean Keltoi on Youtube who is a fantastic scholar and Norse heathen who actively stands against prejudice and is all around a wonderful resource. 

Now, there are three main elements of a pagan prayer, which should be done in this order:

1. The Invocation. This is where you call upon the specific god you’re hoping to connect with. Think of it as writing the name and address on your letter to the Gods - it lets the deity know that this prayer is directed at them, which is important in a polytheistic religion with many gods. To start your invocation, address the deity directly by name, or use an epithet or kenning that they're known by. It's especially wise to choose an epithet that relates to what you're praying for, like using one of Apollo's healer epithets while addressing him in a prayer about a loved one's sickness,  for instance. It’s also a good idea to praise them highly and with a certain air of reverence. These are ancient deities after all. 

2. The Argument. Here you give your reasons for why a deity should fulfill your request and favor you. If you’ve brought offerings, cite them here. You can also include reasons for why you’re reaching out, such as love in a prayer for Aphrodite or matters of justice with the god Tyr. This is where you make your case to them. And if you’re reaching out to a deity you don’t have a working relationship with, which let’s be honest will be the case many more times than we’d like, then you can tell them this here also. A good example might be “Oh Tyr, one-handed war god and son of Odin, though we have not met before I have heard your name and been called to it…”

3. The Request. Finally you ask the gods to look kindly on your request and to grant you their blessing. Again, be as respectful and reverent as possible towards them. 

Prayer Example: “Grey-eyed Athena, daughter of thundering Zeus, if ever I have poured out sweet wine for you, look kindly on me and grant me your wisdom.”

How to stand when making the prayer

This depends on which God you’re reaching out to and, of course, your own personal comfort. The most common ways of praying are to stand and perform some gesture of reverence, kneel while praying and even prostrate, kneeling fully on the ground with your head down as you appeal to the gods. Some might also choose to wear veils when performing prayers or rituals for deities, though this is naturally up to the individual. 

In Hellenic tradition, if you’re praying to an Ouranic god (deities of the heavens) you would traditionally wear your hair up and stand with your arms raised to the heavens while reciting your prayer. Meanwhile, if you are praying to a Chthonic god (deities of the underworld), you would kneel and face downwards towards the Earth with your hair flowing freely. 

Some Norse sources tell of ancient pagans prostrating before the gods, and yet this is still not entirely necessary. Pray however you see fit and what is most comfortable for you at the moment. 

^ This is what prostrating looks like

Sources:

Ocean Keltoi's video on pagan prayers

Hearth and Fire Work's blog post on Hellenic prayer structure

[coinandcandle]

Hathor Deep Dive

One of the most popular deities in Ancient Egypt and still popular among Kemetic followers today, Hathor (𓉡) is the Egyptian Goddess of women, love, and many other things.

Let’s get to know this Kemetic queen!

Parents and Siblings

Ra is her father in most mythology

Shu (brother)

Tefnut (sister)

Sekhmet (sister)

Mafdet (sister)

Bastet (sister)

Satet (sister)

Anhur (brother)

Ma'at (sister)

Mut (sister)

Lovers or Partners

Due to her role as a “queen” goddess, she often subsumed the role of other goddesses and was commonly said to be the wife of whoever the ruling god of the city was.

Horus the Elder - The most popular version

Thoth - in Hermopolis

Atum

Amun

Khonsu

Children

Ihy

Neferhotep of Hu

Horus the Child (sometimes)

Epithets

Being as popular and ancient comes with many names, here is a non-exhaustive list of some:

Lady of Dendera

Eye of Ra (an epithet shared with other goddesses)

Lady of the sky

Ruler of all gods

Lady of the Two Lands

Lady of bread, who brews beer

Lady of Dance

Ruler of the jba-dance

Lady of drunkenness

Lady of making music

Lady of jubilation

Ruler of joy

The Primeval

The Lady of All

Lady of the West

Lady of the Holy Country

The Foremost One in the Barque of Millions

The Distant Goddess

Hathor of the Sycamore

Lady of the Southern Sycamore

Hathor of the Sycamore in All Her Places

Hathor in All Her Places

Hathor Mistress of the Desert

Hathor Mistress of Heaven

Notes

Hathor’s worship likely started in the early dynastic times.

Her name means “Estate/House of Horus”--referring to both the sky and the royal family.

She is one of the oldest gods in the comedic pantheon.

She is depicted as a woman with a bull's head, a woman with cow ears, a cow, a woman with cow horns and a sundisc.

She was also portrayed as a lioness, a serpent, a papyrus plant and a sycamore tree.

She is associated with the constellation Ursa Major or Mesketiu.

She is regarded as a goddess of love, fertility, marriage and motherhood.

She was also known as a goddess of gratitude and as a sky goddess.

She also represents a vengeful aspect protecting Ra from his enemies.

She would be considered a psychopomp helping deceased souls transition to the afterlife.

In Greco-Roman times, she was seen as a manifestation or another version of Aphrodite.

She is also the goddess of pleasure and music with the sistrum being an important part of her worship.

Her imagery was found often on beer or wine containers, and she is linked to alcohol.

She is often seen wearing a menat, which is a beaded necklace representing rebirth.

Hawthorne's cult became popular in the 4th and 5th dynasty, and her cult believed that she played a huge role in the creation of the universe. They also believed due to her role in the creation of the Earth that she is her own mother.

She was considered to some as being connected to foreign lands.

She is often misrepresented and conflated with Isis.

She was the main deity in Gebelein, Denderah, and had separate temples in Memphis and Heliopolis.

Her most prominent temple was located in Denderah.

In Imu/Kom el-Hisn she was fused with Sekhmet.

Daily offerings were common in Ancient Egypt.

Goods such as incense, semi precious stones and other votive offerings were a part of her worship.

She is connected to the dead and said to nourish those in the afterlife by providing food and milk from her seven sacred cows.

These these seven cows were called the Seven Hawthorns and were named in the Book of the Dead: 

Lady of the Universe

Sky-storm

The Hidden One-Presiding Over her place

“You from Khemmis”

Red-hair

Bright-red

"Your Name Prevails Over the West."

The Seven Hathors may or may not also represent the Pleiades constellations. The Seven Hathors were said to have a red ribbon that binds evil.

She was often depicted wearing red, the color of passion.

She is honored in the festival of sacred marriage, which is 18 days into the month of Paoni.

As mentioned earlier, she often absorbed the roles of other goddesses as her popularity grew. Some of these roles included Seshat's role of a witness at the judgment of the dead.

While she was worshiped among all social classes. She was especially popular among the poor.

She had both priests and priestesses, which was uncommon since most clergy had to be the same sex as the god they served.

In the funerary text known as the Book of the Heavenly Cow, her father, Ra, sends her to punish humans for plotting against his rule. She is sent as Sekhmet, the lioness goddess, and massacres the rebellious humans relentlessly. But in order to prevent the wiping out of all of humanity, Ra orders that beer be dyed red and poured all over the land to mimic blood for the (literally) blood-thirsty goddess. Sekhmet then sees the “blood” and drinks all of it. In an inebriated state she passes out and reverts to a benign and calm Hathor.

Correspondences

Rocks/crystals/metals

Selenite, hematite, gold, turquoise

Plants

Papyrus, sycamore tree, lotus flower

Animals

Bull, cow, snake

Symbols

Sistrum, Bull horns with sundisc

Offerings

Milk

Gold

Makeup

Mirrors

Beads

Incense

Stones, especially those worn by royalty in Ancient Egypt such as turquoise or carnelian.

Jewelry

Acts of Devotion

Read the Book of the Heavenly Cow

Daily prayers

Show and share gratitude

Donate either money, clothes, or time to those less fortunate

Dance

Play music

Create a song for her (or a playlist!)

References and Further Reading

Ancient Egypt Online - Hathor

Britannica - Hathor

Hathor and Music

Hathor Epithets

Music and Dance in Ancient Egypt

Mythopedia - Hathor

The Complete Gods And Goddesses of Ancient Egypt by Umair Mirza

The Pleiades: the celestial herd of ancient timekeepers. By Amelia Sparavigna

Wikipedia

[kemeticdevotee]

Het-Heru, Goddess of love, beauty, music, and art!

Het Heru, better known by her Greek name Hathor, is a Goddess whose worship extended from the predynastic era of Egyptian history to the end of the Greaco Roman Period. Being such an ancient Goddess, she is associated with many things. She is the Goddess of love, sex, passion, wine and beer, fertility, joy, music, art, dance, healing, childbirth, foreign lands and mining.

She is the daughter of Ra, and there is a myth where, as a lioness, she slaughters humanity under her father's will. These humans were rebels against Ra, and Hathor, bast or Sekhmet, punished them.

She is the patron Goddess of women, children, artists, miners, mothers, and foreigners.

The seven Het-Herus

The seven Het-Herus are usually thought to be either daughters or aspects of the Goddess. They could tell the future, and decide fate. Usually involked in divination (especially for telling the fate of a newborn infant), they were divine musicians and scared away evil spirits, and they also helped with matters of love. The seven Het-Herus go by these names:

Lady of the Universe, or Lady of Juvenation

Sky storm, or Mistress of the West

You from the Land of Silence, or Mistress of the West

You from Khemmis, or Mistress of the east

Red-Haired one, or Mistress of the East

Bright Red, or Lady of the Sacred Land

Your name Flourishes, or Lady of the Sacred Land

Her festivals + Celebrations

The month of Hathor in the Kemetic calendar (ronpet.app is a good kemetic calendar website for keeping track. If you do not use the Kemetic calendar in your practice, November makes a good substitute for this month.)

The Hathor festival, celebrating the birth of the Goddess by getting dressed up and playing music

The Beautiful Reunion, celebrates the union of Horus of Edfu and Hathor of Dendera.

Symbols

Cows, Lionesses, frogs, falcons

milk

The Eye of Ra

The number 7

Sycamores and date palms

The colors red, turquoise, gold and pink

Papyrus plants, and wildflowers

Musical instruments, especially the sistrum

Jewelry, especially the sacred Menit necklace.

Cosmetics

Mirrors

The sky and the Sun

Gold, malachite and turquoise

Offering Items

Malachite, gold, turquoise, citrine, rose quartz

Images of the sky, sun and milky way

images of cows

musical instruments

any art dedicated to her

Cosmetics

Art/writing supplies

Mirrors

Red, pink or gold fabrics

Bread, apples, grapes, dairy, chocolate (modern), pastries

Milk, water, beer, wine, liquor, flavored water (especially grape or lemon flavored)

Jewelry

Epithets

Gracious Lady

She of Beautiful Appearance

She who saves souls

Lady of drunkenness

Eye of Ra

Lovely Het-Heru

Golden One

Lady of Dance

She who hears prayers

Devotional Acts

Sing

Play instruments

Sunbathe or stargaze

Make art/poetry

Listen to music in Her honor

Help wildlife

Help people in need

Practice gratitude

Read poetry

Consume art

Do anything cosmetic related

Dress up nicely

[sehetep-shenwer]

Ammut Meditation

As some of you know, every night I pull a card from my netjeru themed oracle deck to invite that deity's wisdom and insight. I just so happened to pull Ammut twice and after seeking out advice in a kemetic server I'm in, I was advised to meditate with Her. Here's how it went:

So what I did was I got my Anubis statue which depicts Him holding the scales. I figured I would place Ammut's card before Him as well as some fake candles around. I invoked Her epithets and sat with Her. She was honestly prowling around in Her usual form while I was preparing so I felt pretty intimidated. Once I sat, She came to sit before me and was the size of a fucking triceratops.

She firmly assured me I had too much shit wearing my heart down and that I needed to open myself up to things that lightened it. She spoke like Sekhmet but twice as sternly. Then Her form changed into a more humanoid version, Her crocodile head becoming jet black with golden wadjet marks around Her eyes. We talked about how I also needed to remove shit from my scales that weighed me down, shit that either wasn't mine to control or wasn't mine to even worry about in the first place.

Ammut proved to be a deity that drained a shit load of my energy just from meditating with Her as I nearly fell asleep where before I started I was more than awake. I need to continue the meditation sometime as I was about to pass out so I went to bed early that night.

Then I had a dream and usually I don't associate dreams with stuff, but I think this one was a representation of what Ammut was telling me. I'll keep to the relevant stuff cuz some other weird shit happened lol. One part involved my mother intentionally pissing me off and talking shit about me which enraged me so I shut myself off in a room. Another part involved me being in a video call with the person from my recent Hathor-UPG and we were making each other laugh.

I woke up and during my shower I pondered this dream and came to the conclusion that in a way, we have our own scales connected to our hearts as cheesy as it sounds. We put stuff on that either burdens it or lightens it. Some stuff we have to deal with like work, mental health, etc that is heavy but there are things that weigh us down that doesn't need to be there like things that aren't in our control, events from our past that we need to move on from. If we remove the excess crap, obviously our heart becomes lighter but we can also add stuff to make it lighter such as time with friends or for ourselves.

So yes our hearts are weighed in death but there is stuff we can do while we're alive to make sure our hearts aren't heavy and know that there's stuff to do lighten our burdens and our loads. And mentality can play a huge role because if you focus on all the shit that's weighing you down, congrats that's all there's gonna be. But Ammut advised me to take inventory of shit that weighs me down and shit that lightens it up. And consider if some stuff is really worth leaving on your scale, like for me I can't worry about my mom's bullshit anymore so I gotta take that off. But I can lighten it too with allowing myself to feel attraction rather than beat myself up for it. (like Imma be real, I love myself but being loved by someone else would skyrocket my scale in the right direction ;_; )

Hail to Ammut, your jaws will devour all that spreads isfet.

[lanternagainstthedark]

Epithets of Hyrule

The Golden Goddesses

Epithets are “an adjective or phrase expressing a quality or attribute regarded as characteristic of the person or thing mentioned.”

(Thank you Oxford Languages for the definition!)

Epithets are used in multiple religions, including christianity, hellenic paganism, norse paganism, kemetic paganism, and even in celtic paganism. People have used Epithets to denote the specific aspect of a deity they want to invoke.

However, I have not seen many people discus the epithets that could appear in pop culture paganism, and in this case specifically, Hyrulean Paganism.

So here are my current ideas for epithets of the Goddesses.

(Note, epithets that are most closely related to a specific race/species is denoted by a color or symbol. Goron, Gerudo, Rito, Zora, Hylian, Sheikah)

Din

Lady of the Red Earth, Earthbreaker, Earthmaker, Foundation of the World, Lady of Power, The Gerudo Mother, The Desert Mother, Din of the Forge, Kingmaker, King Mother, The Sandstorm, Of the Wastes, Of the Burning Hearth, Torch in the Night, Sister of Courage, Sister of Wisdom, Brother, Fire of Gorondia, She who is cradled in Death’s Maw, The Desert Wind, of the Fury, Autumn Harvester

Din, for me, is associated with Fire and Earth, Gerudo and Goron, and thus some epithets are more species specific.

Din of the Forge is also common with smiths of all species.

Nayru

Lady of Wisdom, Lady of Justice, Mother of Law, The Arbiter, of the Sea, of the Rain, She Who Watches, of the Deep, of the Storm, of the Fury, of the Cascading Falls, of the Hidden Waters, Queen Maker, of the Burning Cold, Knowledge Keeper, All-Knowing, the Teacher, the Shield, of the Gentle Snow, Owl-eyed, Sister of Power, Sister of Courage, Winter Keeper

Nayru is associated with water, ice, justice and knowledge. She is most closely associated with the Zora, and Hylians, but some other races have epithets for her as well.

Farore

Lady of Courage, Lady of Life and Death, Sword Keeper, Hero Guide, Mother of Life, Mother of Monsters, Secret Keeper, Lightning Rider, of the Storm, of the Fury, the Whispering Wind, of the Roaring Wind, the Verdant, Dragon Chaser, the the Joyous One, the Dancing Wind, Spring Bringer, the Huntress, Protector of Children, Will O’ Wisp, of the Cutting Wind, of Lost Things, of the Lost*, Path Walker, of the Wind, Sister of Power, Sister of Wisdom

*while this is the only epithet the Goron use, it is not Goron Specific.

Farore is my matron. I tried to keep things equal, but I will naturally favor her. I do actually ise quite a few of these epithets when I write prayers or blessings, and occasionally I will feel the urge to write a blessing invoking one.

Hylia

Guardian of the Triforce, Light bearer, of True Aim, the Winged One, Queen-mother, Queen-makerMother of Hylians, Bane of Demise, the Great Vanquisher, She who Carries Summer, of the Burning Light, the Arbiter, She Who Watches Over Time, Hero Maker, the Song Writer, the Hearth Light, Torch Against the Night, Scourge of the Undead, She Who Favors Wisdom, the Sacred Dragon, the Gentle Healer, She Who Seals the Darkness

Hylia is the last one I created epithets for at this time. She is dear to Hylians, and thus has many Hylian epithets.

I will eventually write all of this in zonai, ancient hylian, and common hylian (or I will at least try) and thus ends this post!

Merry met, and blessedly go!

[akhret]

Wepset

Epithets

The Glorious One

The lady of flame in the chapel of flame

Mistress of burning

Wepset the Great

Lady of the Flame

Mistress of the flame in Bigga

Areas of Worship

Wepset is first attested in the New Kingdom, where her first appearance is in the Coffin Texts. She may have had a temple on the island of Bigga, but it’s never been found. Temples around this area and in Lower Nubia do house mentions of her.

Offerings

Serpent, uraeus, lion, or Udjat imagery. This can be figurines, drawings, or printed out images.

Weapons

Fire, lamps, or candles.

Incense: frankincense, myrrh, kyphi, cedar wood, cinnamon, cassia, galbanum, iris, lotus, lemongrass, rose, spicy and smoky scents.

Fruits, vegetables, bread, meat (raw or cooked)

Water, milk, beer, [red] wine, bourbon, whiskey, scotch.

Information

Wepset is the personification of the uraeus cobra that protected the pharaohs. According to one version of the mythos, Wepset is the Eye that Re plucks out of his head to find his children- Tefnut and Shu- in the primordial darkness. Wepset is the burning one who illuminates the Duat in the first hour of the night and the one who helps vanquish evil by slaying Apophis.

In the Mammisi, she’s thought to be an *iru* [form] of Hathor, where she becomes the mother of Horus. Since her being the ‘mother of Horus’ is debated, the fact remains that she’s one of his protectors. She protects not only Re and Horus, but Asar, too. She removes all potential enemies from their path so they may be reborn again.

[bigbadjackal]

Still around, just plugging away at the second part of the epithets project for Wepwawet. To those ends, does anyone here happen to have access to:

Franke, D., Egyptian Stelae in the British Museum from the 13th-17th Dynasties.

If a PDF of the volume is not available but someone has access to a hardcopy, I am in need of the pages covering EA506, which should be pp.169-173, pl. 42-46.

@dwellerinthelibrary , is this something you can get a hold of?

Still in need of another buyer or two for Wepwawet jackal casts to go forward. And friendly reminder that I do custom cartouches and take commissions for ancient Egyptian & Kemetic designs should I not already have something in particular in my Shapeways shop: On the Temple Steps

[kemetnefret]

{❤ Meskhenet/Meskhent 𓄟𓋴𓐍𓈖𓏏𓁐 }

| Goddess of childbirth, weaver of fate, and breather of the Ka (the lifeforce). Wife of Shai (Andjety, Sobek), lady of the birthing brick. 💮 - Transliteration: msxnt - Hieroglyphs: 𓄟𓋴𓐍𓈖𓏏𓐚𓆗, 𓄟𓋴𓐍𓈖𓏏𓁐, 𓄟𓋴𓐍𓈖𓏌𓍢𓄗𓇼, 𓄟𓋴𓐍𓈖𓏏𓉐𓅆, 𓄟𓋴𓐍𓈖𓏏𓉐𓆗, 𓄟𓋴𓐍𓈖𓏏𓉐𓁐 - Name meaning: 𓄟𓋴𓐍𓈖𓏏 "Birthing brick" 𓏏 "Lady", Lady of the birthing brick

Epithets : xpr xprw nbw m xt xpr.sn – All forms emerge after her emerging tmAt nt tpyw a – The mother of the ancestors wDt xpr – Who orders the emergence wDwt xpr m tA – Who orders what is created in the land mst psDt – Who gives birth to the Ennead mst nTrw – Who gives birth to the gods SAat papa – Who began the birthing SAat papa m nTrwt – Who began the birthing among the gods Tst prt – Who allows the seed to become substance nbt aHaw – The lady of the lifetime nbt anx – The lady of life Xnmt anx – Who connects with life wbAt Hr – The vigilant one Sdt Hm.f Hr mnty.sn – Who raises his majesty on her thighs diwt anx n mr ib.sn – Who gives life to the one her heart loves sanxt Hr.s – Who keeps her Heru alive irt sA aay.s m irTt.s – Who protects her child with her milk Hnt sA.s – Who protects her son sxft Ad – Who fends off the angry one wDt SAy Hr […] – Who determines fate on […] dit SAy rrt […] – Who gives fate and upbringing […] sAt ra – The daughter of Ra nbt mrwt – The lady of love nn twt n.s – There is no one like her Xnmt nt Hr – The wet-nurse of Heru sHtpt ra m mswt nbt Hwt – Who soothes Ra at the birth of Nebt-het ATyt nfrt – The perfect wet-nurse SAat Sdt – Who began the nourishing nbt SAy – The lady of fate SAat SAy – Who began fate Offerings: 🪷 - Bread, water, milk, beer, wine - Children's supplies, children's toys, sentimental items - Things you've created, growing plants - Divination tools and supplies

Dua Meskhenet!! 𓀀𓀀𓀀 *Sources: - Sesh Kemet (https://seshkemet.weebly.com/) - Lexikon der ägyptischen götter und götterbezeichnungen (LAGG)

[definitelynotshouting]

helloooo friend :D !! tis i, bug anon

saw you weren't doing great from previous asks, hope whtever is happening gets better :(

my college searching thing is going a bit (?) better BUT i have major concerns about being discriminated about at the university my parents want me to go to which sucks :/

in other news, i accidentally told a customer "happy valentines gay! :)" and she was like "???? thanks ?" I WAS MORTIFIED DUDE

also! if you don't mind, could you tell me a bit abt your religion/who you worship? the only reason i would ask is bc i saw your prayer thing for jellie and had never heard of that god/goddess before (i believe she's from Egyptian mythology? idk) anyway if you dont feel like sharing, no worries :D

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HEY BUG ANON!!! :D thank u for the well-wishes, i really appreciate them a ton!! I hope the college searching goes better, it sounds real rough on your end :((( also AKSNAKDNKS HAPPY VALENTINES GAY....... THATS SO FUCKJNG FUNNY HELP MEEEE if someone said that to me while out and about i would be ecstatic truly KSNDWKNDKSNSJSNS

Sure, i can try and give a quick crash course in kemeticism if you're curious!! (As a general disclaimer to any OTHER kemetics who might see this, im gonna attempt to keep this very layman-friendly, so if i skip nuances in favour of simplifying stuff thats why. I'll leave some resources at the end of this post!)

Uhhh okay so kemetic paganism is a neopagan religion based off of ancient egyptian religious practices. There are a lot of different ways folks practice kemeticism-- such as reconstructionism (or recon; aka strict adherence to the rituals of antiquity), revivalism (adapting ancient rituals and practices into the modern era), and eclecticism (for the sake of simplicity, we'll say this is essentially taking several different practices from many other religions and combining them all into one personal practice). I fall somewhere between revivalism and eclecticism, mostly by virtue of also working with Hermes and Loki, though my practice is primarily kemetic in nature.

In short, i worship the ancient egyptian gods-- my patron, or a god whom i am particularly close with and mainly dedicated to, is the cat goddess Bast (also known as Bastet, although thats actually a mistranslation of her name). Bast is known by many epithets, but one translation of her name is "Lady of the Ointments"; its written with the hieroglyphs for a bas-jar (aka a perfume/ointment jar) and a loaf of bread (the "t" sound). She's a solar goddess associated with protection, is an Iryt Ra (Eye of Ra; Goddesses who protect and nurture the sun god Ra), and like many (and i do mean many) other kemetic gods, also holds ties to fertility. In the past she was depicted as a lioness, then later became associated with the domestic housecat, where she picked up additional ties to motherhood; she also began picking up attributes from close association with Het-hert (Hathor), which resulted in further associations with music, dancing, and the arts. She's often depicted holding an aegis (a collar-like necklace with a deity's head on it) and a sistrum (a musical rattle).

She's a very fierce but loving goddess whom i have been worshipping for the last 11 years :] i also work with other kemetic deities-- of my "personal quintet," as i like to joke, i work with Djehuty (Thoth), Sekhmet, and occasionally Sutekh (Set/Seth) and Heru-wer (Horus the Elder). And, ofc, from outside the kemetic pantheon i work with Hermes and Loki, who happens to be my other patron!!

Im very glad that my formal petition to Bast for Jellie has brought those who have seen it some much-needed comfort, and its nice that its also made some people curious about kemeticism!! If youve got any specific questions, feel free to drop me a line off anon or in dms! :] im always happy to chat!!

Some further reading if you're interested:

Per-Bast (a website dedicated to Bast that holds very good information and resources)

Kemetic Starter Guide

Kemetic FAQ

[djed-anp-ef-ankh]

Deity Archives: Kebechet

Also known as: Qeb-hwt, Qebhet, Khebhut, Kebehut, Kebehwet

Image by Hypernosis on DeviantArt; image cropped by me

Depictions

Often depicted as a snake or an ostrich carrying water, or a starry snake; later her depiction became more humanized as a woman with the head of a snake. She is associated with goddesses Ma'at and Nepthys, and as the daughter of Anpu and Anput.

Epithets

Lost Child

Wandering Goddess

Celestial Serpent

Lady of the cooling water

She of the purification by water

Associations

snakes

the color white

space/stars

day/night

cool water

the Nile River

embalming fluid

libation vessels

Areas of Influence/Invoking

compassion

kindness

cleansing/purification

embalming

reincarnation

spirits of the dead

libations

Overview - History and Mythos

Kebechet is the deification of embalming liquid and has her origins in the Pyramid Texts as the serpent who "refreshes and purifies the pharaoh." Her main role was to provide water and care to the spirits waiting for their mummification to be complete. It is also thought that she played a vital role in the reviving of the soul. A passage written by Richard W. Wilkinson, cited by Joshua J. Mark in his article "Qebhet" on the World History Encyclopedia website, reads that she "refreshes and purifies the heart of the deceased monarch with pure water from four nemset jars and that the goddess helped open the 'windows of the sky' to assist the king's resurrection." She is mentioned frequently in the Book of the Dead.

She was originally a serpent deity worshiped along Nile cities, often recognized as the "celestial serpent" that ruled over both day and night, and the Nile. She never had a very large cult following, but her role has been observed in religious holidays that celebrate the living and the dead such as in the Festival of Wadi which took place between harvest time and the Nile flood. It encouraged the living and the dead to commune.

Kebechet is most known to be the daughter of Anpu (Anubis) and his wife Anput, and helps Anpu in his role as the god of embalming by caring for the dead, purifying them, and fortifying the body against corruption. Her symbolic role may have been to comfort the living that their loved ones are cared for even in death, as well as to encourage care and compassion between the living as they would the dead.

She can be called upon for practices of purification of the body and mind, as well as provide gentle care and company for those dearly departed.

Resources

Hart, George (1986), A Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

Qebhet - World History Ecyclopedia

Kebechet - Sesh Kemet Egyptian Scribe