EGYPT 238 -MAFDET,MERETSEGER,TEFNUT,ANPUT,BAT & WASRET*Goddesses VIII*(by Egyptahotep) Cowofgold - Meretseger. Meretseger Other Names: Ta-Dehnet, Meresger, Mert-Sekert Meaning of Name: “She Who Loves Silence” Hieroglyphics:
Meretseger. (Also Mertseger, Meresger, Mert-sekert)
Meretseger - Mytho Wiki. Meretseger (or Mertseger) is the cobra goddess who protects royal tombs and patron deity of tomb-builders.
During the New Kingdom, Meretseger had great authoity over the necropolis in Thebes. She is depicted coiled cobra or a woman with a cobra's head. Her name translated is 'she who loves silence', decriptive of a deity protecting silent royal tombs. The necropolis workers living at their village known now as Deir el-Medina use her dwelling place to describe her so she is addressed as the "Peak of the West" ('Dehenet Imentet'). Meretseger strikes down with blindness or venomous stings to the workers who commit crimes or false oaths but healed those who repented. Meretseger. Meretseger. (Mertseger) Cult Center: Thebes.
Meretseger. The name of this goddess, which means 'she who loves silence', is known from the Middle Kingdom on.
However, it is not clear whether she was already worshipped before the New Kingdom. Evidence of her cult dates mainly from the Ramesside Period, and particularly from Deir el-Medina. Sanctuary of Ptah and Meretseger. The artisans who inhabited the village of Deir el-Medina during the New Kingdom worshipped a variety of deities, constructing many small shrines and votive chapels in the vicinity of the village.
Most of the chapels were situated at the northern end of the site, in the area where the Ptolemaic Temple of Hathor stands today. There was also a small shrine dedicated to Ptah, close to the workmen’s stopover huts on the mountain path between Deir el-Medina and the King’s Valley. The cobra-goddess Meretseger, sometimes identified as a form of Hathor or ‘Goddess of the West’, was a favourite among the workmen. Her name means ‘she who loves silence’ and she was believed to live in el-Qurn, the mountain overlooking the King’s Valley.
The god Ptah originally came from Memphis and he was regarded as the patron of craftsmen. There were seven small shrines or chapels at the site, now mostly ruined. How to get there For more pictures and information see Images of Deir el-Medina. Meretseger. Gods of Ancient Egypt: Meretseger. Meretseger (Mertseger, Merseger, Mereseger) was the goddess of the necropolis at Thebes (Waset, in the 4th Nome of Upper Egypt).
Her name means "She Who Loves Silence". She was believed to live on the mountian which dominates the skyline at Thebes and rises above the valley of the Kings and Queens. The mountain (known as "dehent") formed a natural pyramid, and the word for "pyramid" in Egyptian was "mr" which formed a pun on the first sylable of her name. Meretseger, Goddess of Punishment and Mercy, Protectress of the Necropolis Under the Peak of the West. Meretseger, Goddess of Punishment and Mercy, Protectress of the Necropolis Under the Peak of the West By Caroline Seawright Meretseger (Mertseger, Merseger, Mereseger) was the ancient Egyptian goddess of the necropolis at Waset (Thebes).
She watched over the deceased in their tombs, protecting them and their belonging from tomb robbers. She also protected the area from criminals and oath breakers, striking all those with evil intent down with snakebites or with blindness. The workmen of Deir el Medina feared her wrath, begging for her forgiveness and a cure for blindness or venomous bites, believing that she had struck them down. Meretseger was generally shown as a coiled cobra, or as a cobra with a woman's head. Woman, that of a cobra and that of a vulture. Goddess Meretseger at Deir el-Medina. Temples Chapels Tombs Rock shrine Huts Collections Back to top Last updated on February 1st 2011 Settlement Photography 2008 Su Bayfield Stele to MeretsegerFrom Deir el-Medina19th dynastyEgyptian Museum, Turin.
Meretseger. In Egyptian mythology, Meretseger (also spelt Mertseger), meaning "she who loves silence" exerted great authority during the New Kingdom era over the Theban Necropolis and was considered to be both a dangerous and merciful goddess.[1] She was closely connected with al-Qurn, the pyramid-shaped peak in the Valley of the Kings.[2] As a cobra-goddess she is sometimes associated with Hathor.[3] She was the patron deity of the workers in Deir el-Medina who built the tombs.
She punished workers who committed crimes, but healed those who repented. In one instance Meretseger is petitioned to bring relief to one in pain. She answer the prayer by bringing "sweet breezes"[4] A draftsman named Neferabu dedicated a stela to her: "An ignorant man (I was), without my heart, who did not know good from evil. Merestseger takes pity on the man and "She turned to me in mercy, She caused me to forget the sickness that has been upon me".[6] Gallery[edit] References[edit]