Nehemtawy
A minor goddess known mainly
as the consort of the serpent deity Nehebu-Kau or of Thoth.
Nehemtawy usually appears in anthropomorphic form and was
frequently depicted in the shape of a goddess nursing an
infant on her lap. In representations of this type she can
usually only be distinguished from other nursing goddesses
such as Isis and Mut by her headdress which is usually in
the form of a sistrum. Little is known of the worship of the
goddess other than that she was venerated with Thoth in his
cult centers, especially that of Hermopolis in Middle
Egypt.
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