Scorpion goddess
A scorpion goddess is a goddess associated with a scorpion theme.
Examples include:
- Ishara, Mesopotamian goddess of love, mother of the Sebitti. She was often identified with Ishtar as a fertility goddess. One tradition assigned her to the Semitic grain god Dagon as spouse. Her symbol was the scorpion[1]
- Chelamma, Hindu goddess of the Southern Karnataka region of India
- Malinalxochitl, Aztec goddess of snakes, scorpions and insects
- Hedetet, Egyptian scorpion goddess
- Ta-Bitjet, Egyptian goddess with antivenomous secretions, consort to Horus
- Serket, patron goddess of the Pharaohs and deification of the scorpion
See also[]
- Snake goddess (disambiguation)
References[]
- ^ Black, Jeremy and Anthony Green. 2003 (1992), Gods, Demons, and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia, Austin, TX: University of Texas PressBlack, p. 110
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- Animal goddesses