Wadjet – Egyptian Goddess Protected Pharaohs And Was Depicted As A Cobra-Uraeus

Angela Sutherland  – AncientPages.com – In Egyptian mythology, Wadjet is a goddess depicted as a cobra and worshiped in Lower Egypt. Wadjet was represented in the form of a cobra-uraeus.

Wadjet illustration from Pantheon égyptien by Leon Jean Joseph Dubois. Image credit: Rawpixel –CC BY-SA 4.0

The Uraeus  (“rearing cobra”) in the upright form of an Egyptian cobra was used as a symbol of sovereignty, royalty, deity, and divine authority in ancient Egypt and is closely associated with the goddess Wadjet.

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