Ouadjet
In the Egyptian Mythology, Ouadjet (other transcriptions: Wadjet, Ouadjit) is a goddess cobra originating in the town of Bouto in north of the delta. It is protective Low-Egypt.
In its role of protective of the Pharaon, it is associated with the goddess vulture Nekhbet symbol of High-Egypt. They form together the redundant symbol of the two grounds (north and south) joined together in the name of Pharaon. They were both present on the diadem of the king. On the walls of the temples and tombs, it appeared under the features of a woman carrying the red crown of Low-Egypt.
Always at the sides of the goddess vulture Nekhbet, they are “the two mistresses” (or “two ladies”) introducing the Nom of Nebty, second name of the Titulature of the Pharaons.
Identified with the Eye of Re (Uræus), it is represented in two manners:
- in the shape of a drawn up cobra which, with the face of the king, threatens to spit fire on its enemies;
- or capped red crown of North.
Ouadjet also appears, with the Low time, in the shape of a woman with head léontocéphale in a series of bronze of. The series is also made up of statues of Horus, which is regarded here as the son of Ouadjet. The decorations of the thrones on which sat the divinities take again the topics of the unification of Egypt and the childhood of Horus in the marshes of Chemmis, located close to Bouto.
Simple: Wadjet
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