Scorpion goddess

A scorpion goddess is a goddess associated with a scorpion theme.

Examples include:

  • Ishara, Mesopotamian goddess of love, mother of the Sebitti. She was often identified with Ishtar as a fertility goddess. One tradition assigned her to the Semitic grain god Dagon as spouse. Her symbol was the scorpion[1]
  • Chelamma, Hindu goddess of the Southern Karnataka region of India
  • Malinalxochitl, Aztec goddess of snakes, scorpions and insects
  • Hedetet, Egyptian scorpion goddess
  • Ta-Bitjet, Egyptian goddess with antivenomous secretions, consort to Horus
  • Serket, patron goddess of the Pharaohs and deification of the scorpion

See also

References
  1. Black, Jeremy and Anthony Green. 2003 (1992), Gods, Demons, and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia, Austin, TX: University of Texas PressBlack, p. 110
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