House of Neith

Court of Amen 3

HOUSE THREE - Neith

The image is of the goddess Neith next to the symbol of the town of 
Abydos. She was mother of the sun god, Re. She also was the ancient goddess of Sais, a city in the Nile delta. House of Neith in Zenet is square three. She holds a fetish of Abydos & Osiris, indicating communication with the dead.

In the hieroglyph she appears to be motioning toward the fetish of 
Abydos, which was also a symbol of Osiris. The town of Abydos was the traditional burial place of the dead god. It was also the centre of Osiris worship, and place of the major festivals of the dead. Neith is one of the true immortals whose origins (like Zenet) pre-date the written word.

The 'ntr' glyph is associated particularly with the marker pole found outside the doors of her temple from pre-Dynastic times.The fetish itself consisted of a box, decorated with a serpent and two plumes, mounted atop a pole. Neith was mother of the sun god, Re; the ancient goddess of the city Sais. Neith is paired with Nephthys in the canopic shrine quadrants, as Isis is associated with Serket (said to be an aspect of Isis).

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