Nehmetawy

Nehmetawy
Statuette of the goddess Nehemtawy, bronze. Museo Egizio, Turin, c. 406
Name in hieroglyphs
Consort	Nehebkau or Thoth

Nehmetawy (nḥm.t-ˁw3ỉ; "she who embraces those in need"^[1]) is a goddess in the ancient Egyptian religion. She is not very widely known. Nehmetawy was the wife of snake god Nehebkau, or in other places of worship, like in Hermopolis, the wife of Thoth. Her depictions are anthropomorph, with a sistrum-shaped headdress, often with a child in her lap.^[2]

References

1. Wörterbuch, II., p.297
2. Richard Wilkinson: The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt. London, Thames and Hudson, 2003. ISBN 978-0500051207 p.156

External links

• "The Hermopolis Stela of Nectanebo I", describing a temple that Nectanebo built for Nehemetawy.