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How it changed
A Canaanite warrior goddess adopted in the New Kingdom and especially favoured by Ramesses II, who named a daughter and a favourite dog for her. In Egypt she was made a daughter of Ra and paired with Set, and she kept the ferocity she had in Ugaritic myth. She is one of several Levantine deities the Egyptians took in wholesale rather than translating into an existing figure.
Cult centre
Adopted from the Levant; honoured at the Ramesside court
Best attested
New Kingdom, imported from the Levant
Family
- ParentsDaughter of Ra, in Egyptian texts
- ConsortSet, in Egyptian texts
Made a daughter of Ra and paired with Set in Egyptian texts.
Epithets
- “Mistress of the sky”
- “Lady of victory”
How to recognise the figure
An armed woman with shield, spear and axe, often in the white crown with plumes.
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