Wosret
Sign in to saveWosret, Waset, or Wosyet meaning "the powerful female one" was an Egyptian goddess whose cult was centered on Thebes in Upper Egypt and her name was the same as the Egyptian name of the city, Waset. She was a minor goddess, but three pharaohs during the Twelfth Dynasty plus an additional one during the second intermediate peroiod incorporated her name into theirs: Senwosret, or Senusret, means "man of Wosret".
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- Deity.type
- Egyptian
- Deity.name
- Wosret
- Deity.spouse
- Amun
- Deity.cult_center
- Thebes
- Deity.caption
- Image of Wosret with a spear, harpoon, bow and arrows and a Was-sceptre on her head.
- Deity.alt
- Image of Wosret with a spear, harpoon, bow and arrows and a Was-sceptre on her head.
- Deity.image
- Wosret.svg
- Deity.children
- Khonsu (When Equated With Mut)
- Deity.symbol
- bow and arrow, Spear, Was-sceptre
- Deity.hiero
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Wosret, Waset, or Wosyet meaning "the powerful female one" was an Egyptian goddess whose cult was centered on Thebes in Upper Egypt and her name was the same as the Egyptian name of the city, Waset. She was a minor goddess, but three pharaohs during the Twelfth Dynasty plus an additional one during the second intermediate peroiod incorporated her name into theirs: Senwosret, or Senusret, means "man of Wosret".
Wosret was rarely depicted, and no temples to her have been identified. When she was depicted, it was wearing a tall crown with the Was "power" sceptre (which was related to her name) upon her head and carrying other weapons such as spears and a bow and arrows.