Egyptian

Bast - Goddess of healing and fertility

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Ammit
Death goddess who wears the head of a crocodile, the body of a lion , and the hips and legs of a hippo. She waits to devour those who have been evil in life. She is also known as the Mistress of the West, where the underworld is said to lie.

Apet
Hippopotamus goddess of conception and birth. She can be both beautiful and terrible, and her talismans aid with pregnancy and protect against illnesses.

Astarte

Bast or Bastet
A cat headed goddess of the sun, whose warmth helps the plants to grow. She is a healer and watches over birth and young children.

Hathor
A sky goddess usually shown with the head of a cow and a sun disk resting between her two horns. She is the protector of gods and kings, and brings fertility, prosperity and love. As a tree goddess, she incarnates in the sycamore, under which the living and the dead gather to seek her help.

Heqet
Ancient mother goddess who, in the form of a frog, created all beings out of the primordial waters.

Hesat
Divine White Cow, from whose milk is made a potion to restore the flesh of the deceased.

Isis
Her name translates as "throne". She is the goddess from whom came all things, and who has great insight into life and death.

Kefa
The cosmos revolves around her, for she gave birth to time.

Called "the Star of the Sea" and "Queen of Heaven," Isis, like the Black Madonnas, was renowned as a miracleworker and healer. Some scholars claim that some of the early statues of the Madonna and Child were actually Isis and Horus, renamed as Mary and Jesus.

China Galland Longing for Darkness: Tara and the Black Madonna

Maat
Goddess of justice who breathed life and truth into the first humans. She carries the scepter and the ankh, and wears an ostrich feather on her head.

Mert
She is the personification of the eighth hour of the night. She is the boat that carries the spirits of the dead to the underworld.

Mut

Neith
Her symbols are the bow and arrow, and the shuttle. She seems to absorb many aspects from other goddesses, and specializes in weaving, war, hunting and healing.

Nekhebt
A creator deity of Upper Egypt. She is known for suckling royal children, and hovering over the pharoh in battle. She and her sister Uazit (of Lower Egypt) are worshipped together as Nebit.

Sekhmut or Sekhmet
Goddess of strength who is embodied in the fire and the blasting heat of the sun. She wages war against evil.

Seshat
Stellar and lunar goddess who oversees the written word and is the keeper of architectural knowledge.

Thoth

Uazit
The cobra goddess of Lower Egypt is associate with childbirth. She and her sister Nekhebt (of Upper Egypt) are worshipped together as Nebit.
Nefertiti ("The beautiful one has arrived") - Egyptian Queen

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