Nekhbet
Nekhbet is an early predynastic local goddess in Egyptian mythology who was the patron of the city of Nekheb. She became the patron of Upper Egypt and one of the two patron deities for all of Ancient Egypt when it was unified. She served alongside Wadjet as a patron deity of the unified kingdom.
↻ synthesized from 6 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Early predynastic goddess who became patron of Upper Egypt and co-patron of unified Ancient Egypt.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Min, Haroeris, Senetneferet, Satet, Mestjet, Weret-hekau, Sothis, Khonshu, Nefertem, Tutu, Nephthys, Renenutet, Anuket, Neith, Amunet, Satis, Anput, Hesat, Serket, Imentet, Wosret, Ma'at, Horus, Ra, Set, Astarte, Meretseger, Mehet-Weret, Maahes, Isis, Menhit, Tefnut, Hathor, Bat, Pakhet, Heqet, Nut
- allied with
- Wadjet
- aspect of
- Two Ladies
- manifested by
- Two Ladies
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Nekhbet usually was depicted hovering, with her wings spread above the royal image, clutching a shen symbol (representing eternal encircling protection), frequently in her claws.”
#10223 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Aside from Nefertari's tomb, Wadjet is also found in King Seti I's Tomb, along with her sister Nekhbet. The two sisters are seen on each side of King Sety's name, providing full protection to him as he rules over Egypt.”
#11520 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Hathor's usual animal form is a cow, as is that of the closely linked eye goddess Mehet-Weret. Nekhbet, a vulture goddess, was closely connected with Wadjet, the eye, and the crowns of Egypt. Many eye goddesses appear mainly in human form, including Neith, a sometimes warlike deity sometimes said to be the mother of the sun god”
#15880 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The vulture never was related to both, only to Nekhbet, and the cobra representing Wadjet is missing from what is represented as her headdress.”
#23747 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Other goddesses in the same aspect were named as Mut, Sekhmet, Nekhbet and Bastet. This meant that Tutu is placed in a position of power over demons. It was his role to slay demons sent out by "dangerous goddesses"; other sons of these goddesses performed the same function.”
#24711 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001