Nehmetawy

Nehemetawai is an ancient Egyptian deity Egyptian mythology. It is " mistress of the city " and " ruler on the flame Island". The goddess obtained only in the late period of greater importance. According to its name, which in translation means " available to take care of the spoiled " Nehemetawai was the " protector of the law " and stood for justice. In later times it was regarded as the goddess of song and music. There is a close connection to Hathor.

Nehemetawai was depicted as a woman whose headdress could be solar disk and cow horns, but also a chapel -shaped sistrum. Another variant is the representation with a uraeus instead of a human head or two opposite faces. Images of the goddess were found at their main cult Hermopolis Magna ( ancient Egyptian Chemenu - "City of Night" ), in Hibis and in Khonsu Temple in Karnak.

At the time of the New Kingdom (18th Dynasty) Nehemetawai was closely associated in Hermopolis Magna with the sun god Schepsi and Thoth was considered the son of the two.