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Qetesh
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Qetesh (also Qodesh, Qadesh, Qedesh, Qetesh, Kadesh, Kedesh, Kadeš or Qades ) was a goddess who was incorporated into the ancient Egyptian religion in the late Bronze Age. The Egyptians likely developed her name based on the Semitic root Q-D-Š, meaning 'holy' or 'blessed,' attested as a title of El and possibly Athirat and a further independent deity in texts from Ugarit.
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- Deity.type
- Egyptian
- Deity.name
- Qetesh
- Deity.image
- Qadesh (Goddess).png
- Deity.image_upright
- 0.6
- Deity.caption
- A digital collage showing an image of Qetesh together with hieroglyphs taken from a separate Egyptian relief(the 'Triple Goddess stone')
- Deity.symbol
- Lion, snake, a bouquet of papyrus or Egyptian lotus, Hathor wig
- Deity.parents
- Ptah or Ra
- Deity.hiero
- qd-d:Aa12-I12
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- Qadesh (Goddess).png
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- Qetesh
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Qetesh (also Qodesh, Qadesh, Qedesh, Qetesh, Kadesh, Kedesh, Kadeš or Qades ) was a goddess who was incorporated into the ancient Egyptian religion in the late Bronze Age. The Egyptians likely developed her name based on the Semitic root Q-D-Š, meaning 'holy' or 'blessed,' attested as a title of El and possibly Athirat and a further independent deity in texts from Ugarit.
Due to lack of clear references to Qetesh as a distinct deity in Ugaritic and other Syro-Palestinian sources, she is considered an Egyptian deity influenced by religion and iconography of Canaan by many modern researchers, rather than merely a Canaanite deity adopted by the Egyptians (examples of which include Reshef and Anat)