Iusaas
Iusaas was
a Heliopolitan goddess whose name seems to mean 'she comes who
is great' and who functioned as a feminine counterpart of the
male solar-creator principle personified by Atum. Because of
these associations Iusaas is depicted in
anthropomorphic form as a woman with a scarab beetle upon her
head. Like Nebet-hetepet whom she resembles in function
and who may be a different for of the same goddess,
Iusaas played an important theological role as the
embodiment of the female creative principle but was not
important in terms of cultic activity or
worship.
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