Wadjet

E24038

Egyptian goddess cobra goddess protective deity

Wadjet is an ancient Egyptian cobra goddess associated with royal protection, kingship, and the land of Lower Egypt.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Wadjet canonical	24
cobra goddess Wadjet	4
Per-Wadjet	3
Egyptian goddess Wadjet as cobra	1
Lady of Lower Egypt	1
She who sees Horus and Seth	1
Ta-Mehyt	1
Two Ladies (Wadjet and Nekhbet)	1
Uraeus	1
Wadjet of Buto	1
cobra of Wadjet	1
goddess Wadjet	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T190469 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Wadjet
Context triple: [Lower Egypt, hasDeity, Wadjet]

A. Isis
Isis is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated with magic, motherhood, healing, and protection, widely venerated throughout Egypt and the Greco-Roman world.
B. Qena
Qena is a city in Upper Egypt on the east bank of the Nile, known as a regional administrative center and gateway to nearby ancient sites such as Dendera.
C. Horus of Kubban
Horus of Kubban is a local form of the ancient Egyptian god Horus venerated in the Nubian region near Kubban, associated with kingship and protection.
D. Merope
Merope is one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, a daughter of Atlas and Pleione who became a star in the constellation Taurus.
E. Leda
Leda is a figure in Greek mythology, a Spartan queen best known as the mother of Helen of Troy and the Dioscuri after being seduced by Zeus.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Wadjet
Target entity description: Wadjet is an ancient Egyptian cobra goddess associated with royal protection, kingship, and the land of Lower Egypt.

A. Isis
Isis is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated with magic, motherhood, healing, and protection, widely venerated throughout Egypt and the Greco-Roman world.
B. Qena
Qena is a city in Upper Egypt on the east bank of the Nile, known as a regional administrative center and gateway to nearby ancient sites such as Dendera.
C. Horus of Kubban
Horus of Kubban is a local form of the ancient Egyptian god Horus venerated in the Nubian region near Kubban, associated with kingship and protection.
D. Merope
Merope is one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, a daughter of Atlas and Pleione who became a star in the constellation Taurus.
E. Leda
Leda is a figure in Greek mythology, a Spartan queen best known as the mother of Helen of Troy and the Dioscuri after being seduced by Zeus.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Egyptian goddess ⓘ cobra goddess ⓘ protective deity ⓘ
appearsOn	Double Crown of Egypt ⓘ royal crown of Lower Egypt ⓘ
associatedWith	Eye of Horus symbolism ⓘ Lower Egypt ⓘ Nekhbet ⓘ linked to: vulture goddess Nekhbet Nile Delta marshes ⓘ kingship ⓘ papyrus plants ⓘ royal protection ⓘ
colorAssociation	green ⓘ
cultCenter	Buto in the Nile Delta ⓘ linked to: Lower Egypt
culture	ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
depictedAs	cobra ⓘ cobra with a woman’s head ⓘ woman with a cobra head ⓘ
domain	Lower Egypt ⓘ
elementAssociation	sun ⓘ
forms	Two Ladies ⓘ
function	spits fire at enemies of the king ⓘ wards off chaos ⓘ
pairedWith	Nekhbet ⓘ linked to: vulture goddess Nekhbet
protects	body of the deceased king in funerary contexts ⓘ throne of Egypt ⓘ
role	guardian of childbirth ⓘ protector of the king ⓘ solar eye goddess ⓘ tutelary deity of Lower Egypt ⓘ
symbol	cobra ⓘ rearing cobra ⓘ uraeus ⓘ
timePeriod	Early Dynastic Period of Egypt ⓘ linked to: Early Dynastic Egypt Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ Predynastic Egypt ⓘ Ptolemaic Period of Egypt ⓘ linked to: Ptolemaic Kingdom
title	Eye of Ra ⓘ Lady of Lower Egypt ⓘ linked to: Wadjet The Green One ⓘ
wornOn	forehead of the pharaoh ⓘ
worshippedBy	inhabitants of Lower Egypt ⓘ pharaohs of Egypt ⓘ
worshipPlace	Buto ⓘ Per-Wadjet ⓘ linked to: Wadjet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lower Egypt → hasEgyptianName → Ta-Mehyt ⓘ

linked to: Wadjet

Lower Egypt → hasDeity → Wadjet ⓘ

Red Crown → usedByDeity → Wadjet ⓘ

Wadjet → worshipPlace → Per-Wadjet ⓘ

linked to: Wadjet

Wadjet → title → Lady of Lower Egypt ⓘ

linked to: Wadjet

Deshret → appearsWithDeity → Wadjet ⓘ

Ta-Mehu → hasDeity → Wadjet ⓘ

Ta-Mehu → hasDeity → cobra goddess Wadjet ⓘ

linked to: Wadjet

Early Dynastic Egypt → associatedWithDeity → Wadjet ⓘ

Nekhbet → pairedWith → Wadjet ⓘ

subject linked to: vulture goddess Nekhbet

uraeus → associatedWith → goddess Wadjet ⓘ

linked to: Wadjet

uraeus → basedOnConcept → Egyptian goddess Wadjet as cobra ⓘ

linked to: Wadjet

The Green One → refersTo → Wadjet ⓘ

The Green One → relatedConcept → Two Ladies (Wadjet and Nekhbet) ⓘ

linked to: Wadjet

Double Crown of Egypt → linkedDeity → Wadjet ⓘ

Two Ladies → refersTo → Wadjet ⓘ

Two Lands of Egypt → linkedToDeity → Wadjet ⓘ

Eye of Ra → personifiedBy → Wadjet ⓘ

Eye of Ra → associatedWith → Uraeus ⓘ

linked to: Wadjet

Nekhbet → associatedWith → cobra goddess Wadjet ⓘ

linked to: Wadjet

Nekhbet → pairedWith → Wadjet ⓘ

Buto → majorDeity → Wadjet ⓘ

Buto → cultOf → Wadjet ⓘ

Buto → associatedWith → cobra goddess Wadjet ⓘ

linked to: Wadjet

Buto → ancientName → Per-Wadjet ⓘ

linked to: Wadjet

Eye of Horus → associatedWithDeity → Wadjet ⓘ

Iput I → title → She who sees Horus and Seth ⓘ

linked to: Wadjet

She of Nekheb → pairedWithDeity → Wadjet ⓘ

Nebty → invokesDeity → Wadjet ⓘ

Two Ladies → refersTo → Wadjet ⓘ

subject linked to: Two Ladies (ancient Egyptian title)

Two Ladies → associatedWith → Wadjet of Buto ⓘ

subject linked to: Two Ladies (ancient Egyptian title)

linked to: Wadjet

Two Ladies → hasSymbol → cobra of Wadjet ⓘ

subject linked to: Two Ladies (ancient Egyptian title)

linked to: Wadjet

Sekhemti → associatedDeity → Wadjet ⓘ

Renenutet → equatedWith → Wadjet ⓘ

Pe and Dep → associatedWith → cobra goddess Wadjet ⓘ

linked to: Wadjet

Buto → cultCenterOf → Wadjet ⓘ

subject linked to: Pe and Dep

Temple of Wadjet → dedicatedTo → Wadjet ⓘ

subject linked to: temple of Wadjet

Temple of Wadjet → hasCultCenterOf → Wadjet ⓘ

subject linked to: temple of Wadjet

Temple of Wadjet → cultCenterOf → Wadjet ⓘ

subject linked to: temple of Wadjet

Temple of Wadjet → associatedWithCity → Per-Wadjet ⓘ

subject linked to: temple of Wadjet

linked to: Wadjet

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Referenced by (40)

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