Wadjet
𓆘 𓇅𓏏𓆗 𓇆𓏏𓆇𓆗 𓇅𓏏𓆘 𓇅𓇌𓏏 𓇆𓇌𓏏𓆗 𓇅𓏏𓇌 𓇅𓇌𓏏𓉐 𓇆𓇌𓏏𓐎𓆗 𓇅𓏤 𓇅𓏏𓆇 𓇅𓇌𓏏𓆗 𓍯𓄿𓏏𓆓 𓏸𓏸𓏸𓇅𓏏𓆘 𓇆𓇌𓏏𓆇𓆙
Epithets
The mother of all the gods
Great of Magic
Mistress of Earth
The Devouring Flame
Who burns the enemy at the bow of the barque of Re
She who gives light
She who glows in the darkness
Areas of Worships
Wadjet was the tutelary goddess of Lower Egypt but her cult center was in Pe and Dep. her shrine was called the per-nu or the ‘House of Flame.’
Offerings
Cobra statues or imagery of the uraeus.
You can also offer her fire- whether this is imagery, candles, or bonfires.
You can offer her papyrus, plants that grow in marshes (like cattail), or fresh greens.
Incense, candles, essential oils, or perfumes that smell of Myrrh, dragonsblood, fresh scents, grass, earthy scents
Jewelry, lapis, turquoise, or faience
Information
Wadjet’s name means ‘the fresh one,’ ‘the green one,’ or ‘she of the papyrus.’ Pinch believes this may refer to her embodiment of the constantly renewed vegetation of the marshes. The marshes themselves play a big role in Wadjet’s connection to Horus, though, as this became the place where Isis left her son to find her husband’s corpse. Wadjet and Nekhbet become the wet nurse to Herusaaset, protecting and shielding his body from any evil that may threaten him.
Wadjet was the tutelary goddess of Lower Egypt; whereas Nekhbet was the tutelary goddess of Upper Egypt- together they were know as the ‘two ladies.’ You can see both of them on the Double Crown of Egypt, or the Pschent crown, where they symbolized the unification of the two lands. Pinch suggests that perhaps they were warring opposities, in the same way that Sutekh and Horus are, but no surviving texts survive to back this up.
Wadjet, herself, is the emboidment of the ureaus on the royal headdress. She’s a protective deity of kingship and would spit fire/venom at the enemies of the pharaoh. She can be seen protecting both Re and Wesir, where she protected Re’s solar barque and the corpse of Asar. Her protecting the corpse of Wesir might connect her to being a guardian of the deceased king.
