Khensit
deity earth Egyptian single tradition · 3
Khensit, whose name means "placenta", was the patron goddess of the twentieth nome of Lower Egypt in Egyptian mythology. She was the wife of Sopdu and the daughter of Ra, and was depicted as an uraeus (sacred serpent). Khensit and Sopdu were sometimes known as the divine pair of Saft el-Hinna.
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When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 0
- Historical notes
- Ancient Egyptian deity associated with the twentieth nome of Lower Egypt and the sacred site of Saft el-Hinna.
Relationships
- manifests as
- Hathor-Isis
- co occurs with
- Sopdu, Sopdet, Sah, Horus-Sopdu, Osiris-Sah, Isis-Sopdet, Mafdet, Meskhenet, Iunit, Raet-tawy, Beset, Anat, Kebechet, Nebethetepet, Iusaaset, Qed-her, Nehmetawy, Abaset, Khereduankh, Baalat Gebal, Hatmehit, Henet, Pelican, Iabet, Iat, Meret, Nehbet-anet, Ay, Nebtuwi, Ahmose-Nefertari, Ahti, Amathaunta, Amn, Anet, Anhefta, Anit, Anuke, Aperet-Isis, Bairthy, Besna, Esna, Hedetet, Heptet, Heret-Kau, Hert-ketit-s, Hert-Nemmat-Set, Hert-sefu-s, Heru-pa-kaut, Heset, Hetepes-Sekhus, Iaret, Ipy, Iw, Ken, Khefthernebes, Matit, Nakith, Perit, Pesi, Qerhet, Rekhit, Amesemi, Mehit, Qetesh, Astarte, Ammit, Meretseger, Mehet-Weret, Ištar
- consort of
- Sopdu
- child of
- Ra
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Khensit (also spelled Chensit, Khenset), which means "placenta", was the patron goddess of the twentieth nome of Lower Egypt. Khensit was the wife of Sopdu and the daughter of Ra, and was depicted as an uraeus.”
#9719 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“He was Khensit's husband.”
#24661 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Khensit – A goddess from the twentieth nome of Lower Egypt”
#24978 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5