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In ancient Egyptian mythology, Meskhenet, (also spelt Mesenet, Meskhent, and Meshkent) was the goddess of childbirth, and the creator of each child's Ka, a part of their soul, which she breathed into them at the moment of birth. She was worshipped from the earliest of times by Egyptians.

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Egyptian
Deity.name
Meskhenet
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Meskhenet standing.svg
Deity.caption
Meskhenet as a woman with a symbolic cow's uterus (Peseshkef) on her head
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ms-s-x-n:t-B1
Deity.symbol
Cow's uterus

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In ancient Egyptian mythology, Meskhenet, (also spelt Mesenet, Meskhent, and Meshkent) was the goddess of childbirth, and the creator of each child's Ka, a part of their soul, which she breathed into them at the moment of birth. She was worshipped from the earliest of times by Egyptians.

==In mythology==

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