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Name: Reret

Hippo Goddess, The Great Sow

Classification: Goddess

Associated: Fertility, creation, Child Birth     

Culture: Kemetic Egyptian

Region: Nile River Valley

Reret is an ancient Kemetic deity associated with the Hippopotamus. Her name translates to me “Sow” which ties her to the concept of creating new life.

She is known to be a fearsome protective figure particularly of pregnant women and small children.

At time she is seen as the consort of Set.

Reret is linked to the Draco Star constellation and it is said that the stars revolve around her.

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. She commonly bears the epithets "Lady of Heaven", "Mistress of the Horizon", "She Who Removes Water", "Mistress of Pure Water", and "Lady of the Birth House

Name: Wosyet

Known Aliases: She who is strong

Associated: Protection,  The Youth

Culture: Kemetic Egyptian

Celestial Home : Sirius   

Gender: Female

Classification: Minor Goddess

Element: Mercury

Sacred Stone: The Mahogany Obsidian

Weapons: bow and arrow, the ax

Literature: pyramid Text of the Middle Kingdom

Ancient Goddess worshipped in Thebes During the Middle Kingdom.

Her name means “Power”.

Her Cult was centered at Thebes in Upper Egypt

She is venerated as a protector of young Horus whom she was tasked with protecting. And through that the protection of youth.

At various times in his epic battle against his Uncle Set, Horus was aided by this ancient goddess.  

Wosret was rarely depicted, and no temples to her have been identified. When she was depicted, it was wearing a tall crown with the was sceptre (which was related to her name) upon her head and carrying other weapons such as spears and a bow and arrows.

She was Amun's first wife.

An Ancient Egyptian city was named for her.

She was a minor goddess, but three pharaohs during the Twelfth Dynasty incorporated her name into theirs: Senwosret, or Senusret, means "man of Wosret".