Scorpion goddess
The Scorpion goddess is a figure found in several cultures.
- Ishhara (or Ishkhara or Ishara)- Mesopotamian goddess of Love, mother of the seven Sebettu. She was often identified with Ishtar as a fertility goddess. One tradition assigned her to the Semitic grain god Dagan as spouse. Her symbol was the scorpion;[1]
- Chelamma - Hindu goddess of the Southern Karnataka region of India
- Malinalxochitl - Aztec goddess of snakes, scorpions and insects
- Hedetet - Egyptian scorpion goddess
- Ta-Bitjet - Egyptian goddess with anti-venomous secretions, consort to Horus
- Serket - patron goddess of the Pharaohs and deification of the scorpion
Notes
- ↑ Black, Jeremy and Anthony Green. 2003 (1992), Gods, Demons, and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia, Austin, TX: University of Texas PressBlack, p. 110
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