Neith

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Neith
The Egyptian goddess Neith, the primary lordess, bearing her war goddess symbols, the crossed arrows and shield on her head, the ankh, and the was-sceptre. She sometimes wears the Red Crown of Lower Egypt.
Name in hieroglyphs	or
Major cult center	Sais, Esna
Symbol	bow, shield, arrows, ankh, loom, mummy cloth, click beetle [1]
Parents	None, Self-Created
Consort	Khnum,[2] Set[a]
Offspring	Sobek,[3] Ra,[4] Apep,[b] Tutu,[5] Serket

Neith /ˈniː.ɪθ/ (Koinē Greek: Νηΐθ, a borrowing of the Demotic form Ancient Egyptian: nt, likely originally to have been nrt "the terrifying one"; also spelled Nit, Net, or Neit)^[6] was an early berber deity that was worshipped by Libyans as well as ancient Egyptians alike ^[7] She was adopted from Libya (or She was a divinity of the local Libyan population in Egypt in Sais where her oracle was located. ^[8] her worship is attested to have been established since 8000 BC and was introduced in Pre-dynastic Egypt around 6000 BC ^[9]. She was said to be the first and the prime creator, who created the universe and all it contains, and that she governs how it functions; and the inventor of birth.^[6] She was the goddess of the cosmos, fate, wisdom, water, rivers, mothers, childbirth, hunting, weaving, and originally: war.^[10]

Neith was the tutelary deity of Sais (Coptic: ⲥⲁⲓ Sai from Egyptian Zau), where her cult was centered in the western Nile Delta of Lower Egypt. It is attested as early as the First Dynasty^[11]. Neith was also one of the three tutelary deities of the southern city of Latopolis (Koinē Greek: Λατόπολις) or Esna (Snē) (Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲛⲏ from earlier Egyptian: t3-snt, also iwnyt^[12][13]). Latopolis was located on the western bank of the River Nile some 55 kilometres (34 mi) south of Luxor (Thebes). She was associated with Athena, and was said to have migrated from Libya to build her temple at Sais in the Nile Delta.^[14]

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