Taweret
Taweret is the protective goddess of childbirth and fertility in Ancient Egyptian religion. Her name means "she who is great" or simply "great one", a common pacificatory address to dangerous deities. The deity is typically depicted as a bipedal female hippopotamus with feline attributes, pendulous female human breasts, the limbs and paws of a lion, and the back and tail of a Nile crocodile.
↻ synthesized from 6 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2022
- Historical notes
- Attested from the Early Dynastic Period (c. 3000 BCE) through the Roman Period.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Seth, Eye of Ra, Dea Gravida, Bes, Sekhmet, Bast, Khonshu, Aaru, Quugaarpak, Ammit
- serves
- Sobek-Re
Mentioned by
Sources
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“Taweret”
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“Taweret is depicted in her standard form with a crocodile on her back and a small upright crocodile in her right hand. She is shown in the section of the papyrus that is meant to depict the Faiyum's central Lake Moeris. The papyrus depicts the solar journey of Re with Lake Moeris as the place into which the sun god descends”
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“Bes was a household protector, becoming responsible– throughout ancient Egyptian history– for such varied tasks as killing snakes, fighting off evil spirits, watching after children, and aiding women in labour by fighting off evil spirits, and thus present with Taweret at births.”
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“The protective deities Bes and Taweret originally had minor, demon-like roles, but over time they came to be credited with great influence.”
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“Khonshu and Taweret appears in the live-action Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) television series Moon Knight, with Khonshu performed by Karim El-Hakim and voiced by F. Murray Abraham and Taweret voiced and motion-captured by Atonia Salib. Khonshu is an outcast amongst his fellow Egyptian gods for waging a "one-god war on perceived injustices", which”
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