Meret
In Egyptian mythology, Meret (also spelled Mert) was a goddess who was strongly associated with rejoicing, such as singing and dancing. As token wife of Hapi, she was usually depicted with the same associations as Hapi, having on her head either the blue lotus for Upper Egypt, or the papyrus plant for Lower Egypt. As a deity whose role was to be the symbolic receiver of bounty from the inundation of the Nile, she was strongly associated with rejoicing, such as singing and dancing.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 300
- Historical notes
- Attested from the Early Dynastic Period through the Roman period.
Relationships
- consort of
- Hapi
- co occurs with
- 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, Ra, Horus, Kherty, Shezmu, Amesemi, Mehit, Qetesh, Astarte, Ammit, Meretseger, Mehet-Weret, Khensit, Mafdet, Meskhenet, Iunit, Raet-tawy, Beset, Anat, Kebechet, Nebethetepet, Iusaaset, Qed-her, Nehmetawy, Abaset, Khereduankh, Baalat Gebal, Hatmehit, Henet, Pelican, Iabet, Iat, Ištar
Mentioned by
- Ra
- Horus
- Kherty
- Shezmu
- Amesemi
- Mehit
- Qetesh
- Astarte
- Ammit
- Meretseger
- Mehet-Weret
- Khensit
- Mafdet
- Meskhenet
- Iunit
- Raet-tawy
and 16 more
Sources
Source passages
“In Egyptian mythology, Meret (also spelled Mert) was a goddess who was strongly associated with rejoicing, such as singing and dancing.”
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“He was a celebration deity, like the goddess Meret.”
#24591 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Meret – The goddess of music who established cosmic order”
#24985 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5