Home  ›  Mertseger

Mertseger

Mereretsger
Egyptian deity
Mertseger
Name in Hieroglyphics
U7
D21
D21S29W11
D21
B1
Transliteration unicode Mrr (wt)-Sgr
Representation King cobra female
Main city of Worship Deir el-Medina
Other cities of Worship Deir el-Bahari , Esna
change Consult the documentation of the model
Cima , in the valley of kings

Mereretsger Symbols and worship of the goddess Mereretsger

His cult is attested as the Ramesside the New Kingdom and only on the left bank of Thebes .

She is often depicted as a coiled snake-headed woman, or more rarely headed snake. He also knows the appearance of a sphinx -headed snake, or a winged serpent that coiffent three-headed woman, snake and vulture. His head is most often wearing a headband. It may also be surrounded with a modius uraei. Two feathers, a sun disk , the Atef , the red crown or crown Hathoric can also style.

His symbols are the snakes , especially the non-venomous. Her element is the earth, since it is a snake. Its colors are black and yellow.

Parties are dedicated mainly popular, as was the case at Deir el-Medina.

Places of worship are the most famous necropolis of the Theban hills, the village worker Deir el-Medina , Deir el-Bahari and Esna.

Notes

  1. Alternative spelling: Meretseger, Mertseger, Mert-Seger.
  2. Corteggiani Article "Meresger ', p. 322.

Bibliography


Leave a Reply

1 vote, average: 4.00 out of 51 vote, average: 4.00 out of 51 vote, average: 4.00 out of 51 vote, average: 4.00 out of 51 vote, average: 4.00 out of 5 (1 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5, rated)
Loading ... Loading ...
Help us improve the wiki Send Your Comments