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Taweret was an ancient Egyptian goddess who was believed to have given birth to the world. She was called upon to protect pregnant women, especially during child birth. She is represented as a pregnant hippopotamus with pendulous breasts and sometimes as part lion and part crocodile. She is holding the hieroglyph sa, a sign of protection. Taweret’s cult was also venerated in ancient Greece, where her name became Theoris. The ancient Egyptians believed that while illness and disease were natural events, they also had supernatural causes, which were controlled by the gods. Prevention and treatment of illness and disease therefore included prayers at home to statues of gods like this one. maker: Cairo Museum Place made: Cairo, Al-Qahirah, Urban, Egypt Wellcome Images |
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Short title | L0058412 Statue of Taweret, Cairo, Egypt, 1925-1933 |
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Author | Wellcome Library, London |
Headline | L0058412 Statue of Taweret, Cairo, Egypt, 1925-1933 |
Copyright holder | Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Image title | L0058412 Statue of Taweret, Cairo, Egypt, 1925-1933
Credit: Science Museum, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org Taweret was an ancient Egyptian goddess who was believed to have given birth to the world. She was called upon to protect pregnant women, especially during child birth. She is represented as a pregnant hippopotamus with pendulous breasts and sometimes as part lion and part crocodile. She is holding the hieroglyph sa, a sign of protection. Taweret’s cult was also venerated in ancient Greece, where her name became Theoris. The ancient Egyptians believed that while illness and disease were natural events, they also had supernatural causes, which were controlled by the gods. Prevention and treatment of illness and disease therefore included prayers at home to statues of gods like this one. maker: Cairo Museum Place made: Cairo, Al-Qahirah, Urban, Egypt made: 1925-1933 Published: - Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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