Nehmetawy
deity earth ancient Egyptian religion single tradition · 3
Stub entity — referenced by another entity from source #1307 but not yet directly extracted from its own source.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – -300
- Historical notes
- Ancient Egyptian goddess worshipped in multiple cult centers including Hermopolis, with varying consort associations.
Relationships
- parent of
- Shepsy, Horus-nefer
- co occurs with
- Unut, Nehbet-anet, Abaset, Khereduankh, Baalat Gebal, Hatmehit, Henet, Pelican, Iabet, Iat, Meret, 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, Bastet, Tefnut, Geb, Nut, Shu, Naunet, Amesemi, Mehit, Qetesh, Astarte, Ammit, Meretseger, Mehet-Weret, Khensit, Mafdet, Meskhenet, Iunit, Raet-tawy, Beset, Anat, Kebechet, Nebethetepet, Iusaaset, Qed-her, Ištar
- enemy of
- Set
- allied with
- Nephthys
- syncretized with
- Hathor
Mentioned by
- Bastet
- Tefnut
- Geb
- Nut
- Shu
- Naunet
- Amesemi
- Mehit
- Qetesh
- Astarte
- Ammit
- Meretseger
- Mehet-Weret
- Khensit
- Mafdet
- Meskhenet
and 12 more
Sources
Source passages
“the goddess Unut speared the earth god Geb for fornicating with Nehmetawy in Khemenu and Nehbet-anet in Dep. The two different locations where the goddesses were raped represent the two lands of ancient Egypt respectively.”
#23617 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Nehmetawy – A goddess, the consort of Nehebkau or Thoth”
#24991 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5