Serket
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The Egyptian goddess Serket is often depicted as a woman with a scorpion gracing her crown. She holds the ankh, the symbol of life, in one hand and a was-sceptre, representing power, in the other. | |||||||||
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| Symbol | Scorpion | ||||||||
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| Parents | Set, or Khnum and Neith | ||||||||
| Siblings | Apep (in some myths), Sobek (in some myths) | ||||||||
| Consort | Horus the Younger or Horus the Elder | ||||||||
| Offspring | Nehebkau (in some myths) | ||||||||
Serket /ˈsɜːrˌkɛt/ (Ancient Egyptian: srqt) is the goddess of protection against the venomous stings and bites of scorpions in Egyptian mythology. She was primarily worshiped in Lower Egypt during the Predynastic Period (c. 6000 – c. 3150 BCE). Serket is often depicted as a woman whose head is surmounted by a scorpion with its tail is ready to sting, an ankh in one hand, and a was-sceptre in her other. Her name, also rendered as Serqet, Selkis, or Selket, is a shortened version of 'Serket hetyt' which means "she who causes the throat to breathe."