Raet-Tawy
Sign in to saveRaet-Tawy or Raet is an ancient Egyptian solar deity, the female aspect of Ra. Her name is simply the female form of Ra's name; the longer name Raet-Tawy means "Raet of the Two Lands" (Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt).
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Egyptian
- Deity.name
- Raet-Tawy
- Deity.image
- Hathor.svg
- Deity.caption
- Raet-Tawy, is often depicted as a Female Goddess wearing a headdress similar, or identical to Hathor.
- Deity.hiero
- r:a-i-i-t:rara*t:tA:tA
- Deity.cult_center
- Medamud, el Tod, Thebes
- Deity.consort
- Montu
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- solar deity
- Gender
- female
- Spouse
- Monthu
- Series
- list of solar deities
- Image
- Hathor.svg
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- Commons category
- Rattawy
- from narrative universe
- Egyptian mythology
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Name and origins
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Raet-Tawy or Raet is an ancient Egyptian solar deity, the female aspect of Ra. Her name is simply the female form of Ra's name; the longer name Raet-Tawy means "Raet of the Two Lands" (Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt).
==Name and origins== Mention of Raet occurs as early as the Fifth Dynasty. As her name is simply the feminine form of Ra, it is evident she did not exist independently of him. It is unclear when the fuller form of her name, Raet-tawy, was first used. She was later referred to as "lady of heaven, mistress of the gods", mirroring Ra's titles.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Raet-Tawy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.