Neith
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Neith, also spelled Nit, Net, or Neit, was an ancient Egyptian goddess, possibly of Libyan origin. She was associated with warfare, symbolized by her emblem of crossed bows, and with motherhood, as te
Bronze statuette of Neith wearing the Red Crown of Lower Egypt (British Museum).
Aegis of Neith, Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt
Neith wearing the Deshret crown of Lower Egypt.
Athena
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Athena or Athene, often given the epithet Pallas, is an ancient Greek goddess associated with wisdom, warfare, and handicraft who was later syncretised with the Roman goddess Minerva. Athena was regar
Neith
…capital. During the Greek and Roman periods she continued to be worshipped in temples including Esna, and Greek writers identified her with the goddess Athena. Neith is typically depicted as a woman wearing the Red Crown of Lower Egypt and holding a bow and arrows. She is therefore often interpreted as a…
Mattei Athena at Louvre. Roman copy from the 1st century BC/AD after the Greek original Piraeus Athena of the 4th century BC attributed to Cephisodotos or Euphranor.
The Acropolis at Athens (1846) by Leo von Klenze.
Fragment of a fresco from the Cult Center at Mycenae dating the late thirteenth century BC depicting a warrior goddess, possibly Athena, wearing a boar's tusk helmet and clutching a griffin.
Ancient Akkadian cylinder seal (dating c. 2334–2154 BC) depicting Inanna, the goddess of war, armoured and carrying weapons, resting her foot on the back of a lion