Wosyet She who is strong
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".
