Meskhenet
Sign in to saveIn ancient Egyptian mythology, Meskhenet, (also spelt Mesenet, Meskhent, and Meshkent) was the goddess of childbirth, and the creator of each child's Ka, a part of their soul, which she breathed into them at the moment of birth. She was worshipped from the earliest of times by Egyptians.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Egyptian
- Deity.name
- Meskhenet
- Deity.image
- Meskhenet standing.svg
- Deity.caption
- Meskhenet as a woman with a symbolic cow's uterus (Peseshkef) on her head
- Deity.hiero
- ms-s-x-n:t-B1
- Deity.symbol
- Cow's uterus
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Ancient Egyptian deity
- Part of
- Egyptian mythology
- Gender
- female
- Image
- Meskhenet standing.svg
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- Meskhenet
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Encyclopedic overview
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In ancient Egyptian mythology, Meskhenet, (also spelt Mesenet, Meskhent, and Meshkent) was the goddess of childbirth, and the creator of each child's Ka, a part of their soul, which she breathed into them at the moment of birth. She was worshipped from the earliest of times by Egyptians.
==In mythology==
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