Usret ( Useret ; Egyptian. Wsrt "The Mighty") is the goddess of defense in ancient Egyptian mythology . The cult center of the goddess was the city of Thebes .
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 The photo is depicted from left to right: Amon , Hatshepsut in the crown of hepresh , Thutmose III in the crown of the hedget and Usret. Stele from the Vatican Museum | ||||||
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| Mythology | Ancient Egyptian | |||||
| Name interpretation | "Mighty" | |||||
| Floor | female | |||||
| Spouse | Amon | |||||
| Cult Center | Thebes | |||||
| Attributes | scepter “ uas ”, feather maat | |||||
| Weapons | spear, bow and arrow | |||||
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Description
The cult of the goddess grew in the XII dynasty , when three pharaohs were called her sons. One of these pharaohs was Senusert I , whose name translates as "Man of the Goddess Uselet" or "Strong Man."
This goddess was depicted very rarely. Not a single temple was found with its image. One of the few images of the goddess is a stele with a bas-relief , where the goddess is depicted in the rightmost part.
The seater was depicted in high crowns, with the uas scepter in her hand, whose name was associated with her name, the goddess could also have the uas scepter with a Maat feather above her head, and a spear, a bow and arrows in her hands.
In more recent times, the goddess Usret was replaced by the goddess Mut , who became the form of the goddess Hathor . She was also identified with the protector of the god Horus , the son of Isis (when he was young).
She was the first wife of Amon ( John Ray spoke of her as “the theological equivalent of the girl next door”), then she was replaced by the goddess Mut [1] . It is also likely that the name Mut is a later version of the name .
See also
- List of Egyptian gods
- Amaunet
- Mut
Notes
- Lives Ray, John Reflections of Osiris: lives from ancient Egypt - Oxford University Press . p.28
Literature
- Hans Bonnet: Reallexikon der ägyptischen Religionsgeschichte , Berlin - New York 2000.
- Christian Leitz (Hrsg): Lexikon der ägyptischen Götter und Götterbezeichnungen , Leuven 2002.
- Richard H. Wilkinson: Die Welt der Götter im Alten Ägypten. Glaube - Macht - Mythologie . Theis Verlag, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8062-1819-6 , S. 169.