Renenutet
Renenutet is an Egyptian fertility deity and cobra goddess. She is associated with the Eye of Ra.
↻ synthesized from 9 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested from the Early Dynastic Period to the Roman period.
Relationships
- serves
- Isis
- co occurs with
- Weret-hekau, Sothis, Four sons of Horus, Khonsu-pa-khered, Harsiese, Harpre-pa-khered, Somtous, Nepit, Nehmtaway, Anuket, Imentet, Wosret, Shezmu, Hapy, Imsety, sons of Horus, Sendjet, Astarte, Mehet-Weret, Satet, Mestjet, Ra, Horus, Amun, Apis, Min, Seth, Shu, Tayt, Atum, Re, Serket, Apep, Thoth, Menhit, Bastet, Sekhmet, Tefnut, Hathor, Mut, Nekhbet, Nut, Bat, Pakhet, Heqet, Amunet, Satis, Anput, Hesat, Ma'at, Neith, Osiris, Set, Nephthys, Serqet, Duamutef
- syncretized with
- Meretseger, Isis, Wadjet
- allied with
- Qebehsenuef
Mentioned by
and 24 more
Sources
Source passages
“Likewise, cobra goddesses often represented the Eye of Ra. Among them was Wadjet, a tutelary deity of Lower Egypt who was closely associated with royal crowns and the protection of the king. Other cobra goddesses associated with the eye include the fertility deity Renenutet, the magician goddess Weret-hekau”
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“Isis had the power to predict or influence future events, as did other deities who presided over birth, such as Shai and Renenutet...she has control over Shai and Renenutet”
#23480 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“The Festival of Renenutet was an annual Egyptian celebration held between the end of Pharmouthi and the beginning of Pashons. It marked the first day of the harvest season and symbolically linked the birth of child gods to the gathering of new crops.”
#23642 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“His association with vegetation, healing and sometimes with the underworld and royalty brought Geb the occasional interpretation that he was the husband of Renenutet, a minor goddess of the harvest and also mythological caretaker (the meaning of her name is "nursing snake") of the young king in the shape of a cobra, who herself could also be regarded as the mother of Nehebkau, a primeval snake god associated with the underworld.”
#23969 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Pictured in human form, Neper is often depicted as a child suckled by Renenutet. Neper's body was dotted to represent grains. The hieroglyphs that write his name similarly include the symbols of grain. Naturally, as lord of the mouth, Neper's mother was identified as Renenutet”
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