Hedetet
Sign in to saveHededet or Hedjedjet (ḥdd.t) is a scorpion goddess of the ancient Egyptian religion. She resembles Serket in many ways, but was in later periods merged into Isis. She was depicted with the head of a scorpion, nursing a baby. She is mentioned in the Book of the Dead.
Key facts
- Deity.name
- Hededet
- Deity.type
- egyptian
- Deity.hiero
- H-d:d-t-L7
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- Instance of
- Ancient Egyptian deity
- Gender
- female
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- worshipped by
- religion of ancient Egypt
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Hededet or Hedjedjet (ḥdd.t) is a scorpion goddess of the ancient Egyptian religion. She resembles Serket in many ways, but was in later periods merged into Isis. She was depicted with the head of a scorpion, nursing a baby. She is mentioned in the Book of the Dead.
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