Mafdet

Mafdet
Mafdet
Name in hieroglyphs
Personal information
Parents	Ra, Atum
Siblings	Tefnut, Shu

Mafdet (also Mefdet, Maftet^[1]) was a goddess in the ancient Egyptian religion. She was often depicted wearing a skin of a cheetah, and protected against the bite of snakes and scorpions. She was part of the pantheon of ancient Egyptian deities that was prominent during the First Dynasty of Egypt. She was prominent during the reign of pharaoh Den whose image appears on stone vessel fragments from his tomb and is mentioned in a dedicatory entry in the Palermo Stone. Mafdet was the deification of legal justice, or possibly of capital punishment.^[2] She was associated with the protection of the king's chambers and other sacred places, and with protection against venomous animals, which were seen as transgressors against Maat. In the Pyramid Texts of the Old Kingdom of Egypt, she was mentioned as protecting the sun god Ra from venomous snakes.^[3]

^ Bunson, M. R. (2002). "Mafdet (Mefdet, Maftet)". Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt (Revised ed.). New York: Facts on File, Inc. p. 223. ISBN 0816045631.
^ Wilkinson, T. A. H. (1999). Early Dynastic Egypt. Routledge. pp. 249–251. ISBN 0-203-20421-2.
^ Wilkinson, R. H. (2003). The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. p. 196. ISBN 0-500-05120-8.

[1] Bunson, M. R. (2002). "Mafdet (Mefdet, Maftet)". Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt (Revised ed.). New York: Facts on File, Inc. p. 223. ISBN 0816045631.

[Wilkinson1999-2] Wilkinson, T. A. H. (1999). Early Dynastic Egypt. Routledge. pp. 249–251. ISBN 0-203-20421-2.

[Wilkinson2003-3] Wilkinson, R. H. (2003). The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. p. 196. ISBN 0-500-05120-8.

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