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Hensit is the patron goddess of the twentieth nome of Lower Egypt . Her name means " placenta ." Hensit was the wife of Sopdu and the daughter of Ra . She was depicted in the form of an uraeus , there are also images of Hensit in the human image of Hathor-Isis, or with a feather on her head, as “Justice”, or in the form of a cow. [one]
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See also
- List of Egyptian Gods
- Sopdu
Notes
- ↑ Max Muller, Egyptian Mythology , Center Polygraph , 490 pp.
Links
- Egyptian mythology
- Chensit (English)
Literature
- Hans Bonnet: Chensit, in: Lexikon der ägyptischen Religionsgeschichte, Hamburg 2000 ISBN 3-937872-08-6 S. 131.
- Eberhard Otto : Chensit. In: Lexikon der Ägyptologie. Bd. 1, Wiesbaden 1975, Spalte 923.