Egypt · Scorpions, venom and healing
Serqet srq.t
Also written Selket and Serket.
- God of
- Scorpions, venom and healing
- Recognised by
- A woman with a scorpion on her head
She who causes the throat to breathe: the goddess invoked against scorpion and snake venom, and one of the four who guard the canopic jars. Her priests were practical magicians treating stings.
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