Renenutet
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Renenūtet was a goddess of grain, grapes, nourishment and the harvest in the ancient Egyptian religion. The importance of the harvest caused people to make many offerings to Renenutet during harvest t
Statuette of the goddess Renenutet. Bronze, between 722 and 332 BC, Late Period of ancient Egypt. Museo Egizio, Turin.
Wadjet
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Wadjet, known to the Greek world as Uto or Buto among other renderings including Wedjat, Uadjet, and Udjo, was originally the ancient Egyptian local goddess of the city of Dep or Buto in Lower Egypt,
Renenutet
…She was the mother of the god Nepri. Later, as a snake goddess worshiped over the whole of Lower Egypt, Renenutet was increasingly associated with Wadjet, Lower Egypt's powerful protector and another snake goddess represented as a cobra. Eventually Renenutet was identified as an alternate form of Wadjet…
Wadjet in the form of a winged cobra, depicted in the Tomb of Nefertari, above Anubis (Jackal-like).
Wadjet, depicted as a lioness, with a rearing cobra on her crown.
Depiction of pharaoh presenting the Wadjet eyes (this portion no longer survives), to the god Haroeris so that he will ritually cleanse them. This is found within an inscription within the relief. From the Temple of Kom Ombo.
Engraving of surgical instruments including the Wadjet eye, from the Temple of Kom Ombo.