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Wadjet

deity earth ancient Egypt single tradition · 13

Wadjet is one of the earliest Egyptian deities. She was a solar deity and the Eye of Horus began as her all-seeing eye. Later she became associated with Bastet, Mut, and Hathor as well.

↻ synthesized from 13 sources

When

First attested
3000 BCE
Attested period
-3000 – 2020
Historical notes
Attested from Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets onward.

Relationships

syncretized with
Bastet, Mut, Hathor, Renenutet, Eye of Horus
co occurs with
Nephthys, Ptah, Shu, Heka, Haroeris, Senetneferet, Satet, Mestjet, Weret-hekau, Sothis, Nehebkau, Nepri, Nekhbet, Anuket, Amunet, Satis, Anput, Hesat, Serket, Renenutet, Imentet, Wosret, Ma'at, Mut, Apophis, Shesmetet, Ra-Horakhty, Behdety, Horus of Edfu, Seth, nfr ḥr.w, Apep, Maahes, Khnum, Set, Astarte, Meretseger, Mehet-Weret, Sobek, Geb, Shai, Bat, Pakhet, Heqet, Nut, Sekhmet, Tefnut, Thoth, Anubis
manifests as
cobra, uraeus
allied with
Neith, Menhit, Nekhbet, Eye of Ra, Horus, Isis, Min
aspect of
Two Ladies
parent of
Wepwawet
child of
Ra
manifested by
Two Ladies

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Mentioned by

and 11 more

Sources

wikipedia (13)
  1. Horus
  2. Nekhbet
  3. Bastet
  4. Menhit
  5. Wadjet
  6. Eye of Ra
  7. Mut
  8. Renenutet
  9. Two Ladies
  10. Sebeg
  11. Wepwawet
  12. Winged sun
  13. Buto

Source passages

“It was the eye of one of the earliest Egyptian deities, Wadjet, who later became associated with Bastet, Mut, and Hathor as well. Wadjet was a solar deity and this symbol began as her all-seeing eye. In early artwork, Hathor is also depicted with this eye.”

#9566 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“The uraeus and vulture are traditionally interpreted as Wadjet and Nekhbet...Wadjet (cobra) and Nekhbet (vulture).”

#10224 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“In addition to her solar connections, she was also related to Wadjet, one of the oldest Egyptian goddesses from the Southern Delta who was dubbed "eye of the moon".”

#10862 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“She was also worshipped in Lower Egypt, where she was linked with the goddesses Wadjet and Neith.”

#11170 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Wadjet is no exception to this rule and is referenced in countless different forms of modern media. Wadjet's symbolism through the Eye of Ra appears in the video game Overwatch 2 underneath the character "Pharah's" eye. Wadjet's symbolism through the Eye of Horus appears in the video game”

#11523 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001