Wepset
deity Egyptian single tradition · 1
Wepset is an ancient Egyptian goddess. She is one of the personifications of the uraeus cobra that protected the kings, and is also an Eye of Ra. Her name means "she who burns."
When
- First attested
- 2500 BCE
- Attested period
- -2500 – 300
- Historical notes
- Attested from the Old Kingdom through the Roman period.
Relationships
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“She is most often depicted as a snake, but in the Greek and Roman period she also has anthropomorphic depictions, as a woman with a lion's head or with uraeus or sun disk on her head. Seraph – Type of angel in Abrahamic religions Nesret – Wepset's partner”
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