Wadjet
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Name
Wadjet
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She Who is Green
Names - Alternate
Wadjit or Wedjet
Greek: Udjo, Uto, Edjo and Buto
Appearance
Wadjet is often depicted as a full cobra, or as the head of the cobra, rearing up in protection on the forehead of Netjeru and rulers. Very infrequently, and probably related to Her role as the "Eye of Ra" (divine vengeance), Wadjet, like Sekhmet, is depicted with the head of a lioness.
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Parents
Consorts
Children
Epithets
Roles
On depictions of the Udjat, She is often accompanied by Nekhbet, the vulture-Netjer of the South, and symbolizes one half of the Two Lands which make up Kemet politically. Her head was mounted on the nemes-headdress of rulers alongside Nekhbet's vulture-head, and a crown surmounted by many tiny uraeii was worn by many chief queens or consorts. Nubian kings and queens would continue the use of the Uraeus as a royal symbol, planting two cobra-heads on the brows of their crowns and royal headbands.
Wadjet was revered as the goddess of childbirth, and protector of children, and in later years she became the protector of kings. Wadjet’s role was often seen as a forceful defender, while her sister, Nekhbet, was seen as the motherly defender. [1]
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Creation Story
Atum created Wadjet as His eye. Her purpose was to search the Universe for his lost children, Tefnut and Shu. Wadjet did find Atum's children, and Atum was so happy to see them that He cried. It is said that those tears made humans. As a reward, Atum placed Wadjet upon his head in the form of a cobra. There she would be feared and respected by all the gods and men. [2]
