Egypt · Weaving, war and creation
Neith nỉt
- God of
- Weaving, war and creation
- Recognised by
- A woman in the red crown, with crossed arrows and a shield
- Chief cult centre
- Sais
One of the oldest attested deities in Egypt, and in some traditions the creator who made the world before anything else existed. Weaver, warrior and arbitrator in the contest between Horus and Set.
Egyptian sources What Egyptians wrote, on walls, coffins and papyri. What that means
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In the Golden Dawn's Neophyte hall the Dadouchos takes the form the ritual calls Thoum-aesh-neith. joined up by this study The ritual gives that name and not Neith's. The Temple of Solomon the King, p. 250
Herodotus writes of this god only as Athene and never gives the Egyptian name, so there is no equation of his to quote and none is drawn.