Ancient Egyptian solar goddess
Raet / Raet-Tawy |
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Raet-Tawy, is often depicted as a Female Goddess wearing a headdress similar, or identical to Hathor. |
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Major cult center | Medamud, el Tod, Thebes |
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Consort | Montu |
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Raet (Ancient Egyptian: 𓂋𓂝𓇌𓏏𓇳, romanized: rꜥj.t) or Raet-Tawy (Ancient Egyptian: 𓇳𓏏𓇾𓇾, romanized: rꜥj.t-tꜣ.wj) is an ancient Egyptian solar deity, the female aspect of Ra. Her name is simply the female form of Ra's name; the longer name Raet-Tawy means "Raet of the Two Lands" (Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt).