Meretseger
A cobra-headed Egyptian goddess.
↻ synthesized from 6 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 300
- Historical notes
- Ancient Egypt
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Sobek, Thoth, Wadjet, Mut, Nekhbet, Neith, Satet, Mestjet, Weret-hekau, Anuket, Sothis, Khepri, Amun, Atum, Shu, Sia, Khonshu, Ptah, Amenhotep I, Montu, Amun-Ra, Ra-Horakhty, Ptah-Sokar, Geb, Shai, Nehebkau, Nepri, 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, 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, Ma'at, Ra, Sirin, Gamayun, Karura, Alkonost, Bird goddess, Cuca, Coco, Heqet, Horus, Monthu, Seker, Inmyeonjo, Kuk, Kauket, Menhit, Bastet, Sekhmet, Tefnut, Isis, Apep, Khnum, Set, Osiris, Astarte, Amesemi, Mehit, Qetesh, Ammit, Ištar
Mentioned by
- Ra
- Sirin
- Gamayun
- Karura
- Alkonost
- Bird goddess
- Cuca
- Coco
- Heqet
- Horus
- Monthu
- Seker
- Inmyeonjo
- Kuk
- Kauket
- Menhit
and 15 more
Sources
Source passages
“Meretseger – A cobra-headed Egyptian goddess.”
#4743 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Weret-hekau, and Meretseger, the divine protector of the burial grounds near the city of Thebes. The deities associated with the eye were not restricted to feline and serpent forms. Hathor's usual animal form is a cow, as is that of the closely linked eye goddess Mehet-Weret.”
#15878 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“the goddess Meretseger oversaw a limited region of the earth, the Theban Necropolis”
#20822 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Meretseger was sometimes portrayed as a cobra-headed woman, though this iconography is rather rare: in this case she could hold the was-sceptre as well as having her head surmounted by a feather and being armed with two knives.”
#23538 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Renenutet was also identified with Meretseger, a cobra goddess of the Theban necropolis, and was syncretized with Isis.”
#23640 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001