Werethekau
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Werethekau (Egyptian: wrt-ḥk3w "great one of magic, great enchantress"; alternately Urthekau, Weret Hekau, Wusa) was an ancient Egyptian and ancient Nubian deity. She served as the personification of supernatural powers.
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Vinony's link graph records 298 inbound references to Werethekau, and connects out to Four sons of Horus, list of wind deities and Horus.
Vinony files it under Egyptian goddesses and Magic goddesses.
Vinony links it to 22 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Egyptian
- Deity.name
- Werethekau
- Deity.hiero
- wr:t-H-kA:Z2-I12
- Deity.caption
- Werethekau depicted with the head of a lion
- Deity.alt
- A relief representing Weret-hekau. From the reign of Ramesses II
- Deity.image
- Pakhet.svg
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
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- Commons category
- Werethekau
- name in hiero markup
- G36:t-H-kA:Z2-I12
- worshipped by
- religion of ancient Egypt
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- In myth
- See also
- References
Werethekau (Egyptian: wrt-ḥk3w "great one of magic, great enchantress"; alternately Urthekau, Weret Hekau, Wusa) was an ancient Egyptian and ancient Nubian deity. She served as the personification of supernatural powers.
==In myth==
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