Seshat

[thalassa]

Okay...so (gods, I love the Egyptians), bibliophile that I am, you can imagine my excitement about learning that there is literally a goddes of books. I mean, she has an epithet of "Mistress of the House of Books". Yes, I realize she's more than just a goddess of books (like writing, knowledge, etc).

Can anyone tell me about her beyond what I can find in 30 seconds on Google?

[Gleb]

Re: Seshat

In some versions she was the wife of Djehuty. Both of them were associated with knowledge and writing. She's amazing. I thought about putting her in my "pack of beloveds", if I can say so but I stayed with Thoth.
Check out these links -
Dis http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/seshat.htm
Dis http://www.ancientegyptonline.co.uk/seshat.html
And dis http://www.crystalinks.com/seshat.html

The links speak for themselves. I like the first two ones, especially the second.

[thalassa]

Re: Seshat

In some versions she was the wife of Djehuty. Both of them were associated with knowledge and writing. She's amazing. I thought about putting her in my "pack of beloveds", if I can say so but I stayed with Thoth.
Check out these links -
Dis http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/seshat.htm
Dis http://www.ancientegyptonline.co.uk/seshat.html
And dis http://www.crystalinks.com/seshat.html

The links speak for themselves. I like the first two ones, especially the second.

Thanks Gleb! (cookies for you)


I totally just found this: https://templeofathena.wordpress.com/2011/04/19/396/
...I'm gonna adapt it a bit.

[Gleb]

Re: Seshat

If you want to contact her - I think it will turn out well for you! Knowing her attitude, I think everything will be awesome. I can't speak for her and my opinion is an assumption. But you should give it a shot, if you're interested!

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Ahh yes, I forgot to mention she was also connected with building. Silly me.

Um.. Cookies? May I get Juni's cats instead? Pleaz?

[thalassa]

Re: Seshat

If you want to contact her - I think it will turn out well for you! Knowing her attitude, I think everything will be awesome. I can't speak for her and my opinion is an assumption. But you should give it a shot, if you're interested!

- - - Updated - - -

Ahh yes, I forgot to mention she was also connected with building. Silly me.

Um.. Cookies? May I get Juni's cats instead? Pleaz?

How about my meowsers?

I can loan them out for a bit...

[Gleb]

Re: Seshat

That's fine too.

[anunitu]

Re: Seshat

Hmmm,gleb and the kitties sitting in a tree,Hissing Hissing at the bees..(Just you know free verse)

[thalassa]

Re: Seshat

So...this relates to some of the symbolism associated with Seshat in various pieces in museums, etc.

I get the significance of her leopard-spotted dress, which was associated with funerary priests, the counting stick thingy (I forgot what its actually called), and the usually seven pointed star-flower-frond (and the different ideas about its symbolism), and the down-turned horns which may originally have been a crescent moon (which makes sense because of her connection with Thoth)...

But then I saw a pic of a statue of her in the Louvre, and those "horns" (which really look nothing like horns or a cresent mood, no matter how stylized) are snakes.

What do snakes represent through out the timeline of Ancient Egypt?

[habbalah]

Re: Seshat

"The Uraeus (/jʊˈriəs/;[1] plural Uraei or Uraeuses; from the Greek οὐραῖος, ouraīos, "on its tail"; from Egyptian jʿr.t (iaret), "rearing cobra") is the stylized, upright form of an Egyptian cobra (asp, serpent, or snake), used as a symbol of sovereignty, royalty, deity, and divine authority in ancient Egypt.'

That's the snake that the Pharaohs wore.

Also:

The role of the serpent was prominent in Egyptian culture. The serpent symbolized the beginning and end of time, and symbolized fertility. In ancient Egypt, as in many cultures, the ouroborus, a snake swallowing its tail, was a symbol of rejuvenation and eternity, an endless cycle of beginnings and endings.