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Ancient Egyptian snake-headed goddess, symbolizing Lower Egypt / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wadjet (/ˈwædʒət/; Ancient Egyptian: wꜢḏyt "Green One"),[1] known to the Greek world as Uto (/ˈjuːtoʊ/; Koinē Greek: Οὐτώ) or Buto (/ˈbjuːtoʊ/; Βουτώ) among other renderings including Wedjat, Uadjet, and Udjo,[2] was originally the ancient Egyptian local goddess of the city of Dep.[3] It became part of the city that the Egyptians named Per-Wadjet ("House of Wadjet") and the Greeks called Buto (now Desouk),[4] also being the capital of the 6th lower Egyptian nome (present day Tall al-Farāʿīn), Wadjet it's patron deity,[5] which was an important site in prehistoric Egypt and the cultural developments of the Paleolithic. There was also a Per-Wadjet in Upper Egypt.
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Major cult center | Buto, Tebtunis |
Symbol | Egyptian cobra |
Wadjet was closely associated in ancient Egyptian religion with the Eye of Ra, a powerful protective deity.[6] The hieroglyph for her eye is shown below; sometimes two are shown in the sky of religious images. Per-Wadjet also contained a sanctuary of Horus, the child of the sun deity who would be interpreted to represent the pharaoh. Much later, Wadjet became associated with Isis as well as with many other deities.