Satis - Mistress of Elephantine: Goddess guarding the southern frontier and Lower Nubia, killing enemies of the king by her arrows. Depecited wearing the white crown of Upper Egypt adorned with antelope horns or plumes.
Satis - Mistress of Elephantine
Satis - Mistress of Elephantine
Goddess guarding the southern frontier and Lower Nubia, killing enemies of the king by her arrows. Depecited wearing the white crown of Upper Egypt adorned with antelope horns or plumes.
Her Egyptian name Satjit, later Satet, is found on jars from the Step Pyramid at Saqqara and is described in the Pyramid Texts as cleansing the king by means of four jars from the Elephantine.
Satet, was thought to be a daughter of Ra, god of the Sun, her crown contains a solar disk indicating her relationship to Ra. She is associated with the Nile inundation and as 'Mistress of Elephantine' is the consort of Khnum and, by inference, mother of Anukis. An early liaison between Satis and Theban Montu is known.- Monuments Of Egypt
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Egyptology Trivia
The Horus Serekh

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The serekh is a stylised rectangle which contained the Horus name of ancient Egyptian Pharaohs. The bottom contains a representation the palace facade. It was typically surmounted by a falcon, representing the God Horus, patron of the monarchy.
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