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	Tawaret -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Tawaret ("The Great One"; also rendered as Taurt, Taueret, Ta-weret, Taweret, Thoeris, Opet, Apet, Rert, or Reret) was a popular deity in ancient (additional info and facts about Egyptian mythology) Egyptian mythology.
		Tawaret was associated with the hippopotamus, one of the many sacred animals of the Egyptians.
		Through this connection, she was also associated with the northern sky, in which the hippopotamus was represented as a (A configuration of stars as seen from the earth) constellation, the present-day (Flying dagons) Draco.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/ta/tawaret.htm (407 words)

	Encyclopedia: Tawaret
		Thus Tawaret was known as mistress of the horizon, and was depicted as such on the ceiling of the tomb of Seti I in the Valley of the Kings.
		In art, Tawaret was depicted as a composite of all the things the Egyptians feared, the major part of her being hippopotamus, since this is what the constellation most resembled, with the arms and legs of a lioness, and with the back of a crocodile.
		In most subsequent depictions, Tawaret was depicted with features of a pregnant woman, in a composite addition to the animal-compound she was also seen as, which usually took the form of pendulous breasts, pregnant stomach, and long straight (human) hair (from her head).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Tawaret (1764 words)

	THE TEMPLE OF TAWARET (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		This episode perhaps reflected the differentiation between the beneficent Tawaret and the male hippopotamus as a manifestation of Seth, a destructive force for boats on the Nile,a nd in the cornfields adjoining the habitat of the Nile marshes.
		Her iconography is composite : the head of a hippopotamus, the legs and arms of a lion, the tail of a crocodile and human breasts.
		Tawaret becomes a cosmic goddess in her title "mistress of the horizon" which emphasises her as the pharaonic constellation of the Hippopotamus, placed by the Egyptians in the northern hemisphere of the sky.
	members.tripod.com /Senenmut/page16.html (384 words)

	Tawaret (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Tawaret ("The Great One") – also rendered as Taurt, Taueret, Tuart, Ta-weret, Taweret, Taueret, Opet, Apet, Ipet, Ipy, Rert, Reret, Rerit, Rertu, and in Greece as Thoeris or Toeris – was a popular deity in ancient Egyptian mythology.
		As the hippopotamus was associated with the Nile, she was also seen as a goddess of seasonal rebirth, the annual flooding of the Nile, and harvests.
		In later times, when Horus came to prominence, Tawaret was viewed as somewhat of an evil god, due to her position as the concubine of Set.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/T/Tawaret.htm (653 words)

	Tawaret (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Tawaret ("The Great One"; also rendered as Taurt, Taueret, Ta-weret,Thoeris, Rert, or Reret) was a popular deity in ancient Egyptian mythology.
		The origins of the goddess are unclear, but Tawaret first came to prominence in the third millennium BC during the time of the OldKingdom.
		Tawaret was associated with the hippopotamus, one of the many sacred animals of the Egyptians, which they occasionally evenmummified.
	www.therfcc.org /tawaret-334442.html (322 words)

	Tawaret.page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Along with Bes Tawaret was one of the most popular household deities of Ancient Egypt from the Old Kingdom on.
		With the head of a hippopatamus, the arms and legs of a lion, the back and tail of a crocodile, and the breasts of a pregnant woman, her appearance was designed to ward off bad spirits.
		She was worshipped not in temples, but in household shrines and her amulets were a commonly worn accessory in Ancient times.
	www.geocities.com /meryheru15/Tawaret.html (87 words)

	The Gods of the Desert
		Tawaret is like Bes in the way that she never had any temples built to her, even though the service she provides saved many ancient Egyptian women their lives.
		Tawaret has the power to protect against birth defects (though you should make sure your doing everything possible to protect the unborn child in the mundane world, too).
		Tawaret is a sensitive and caring Goddess, but she has a tough side to her that she uses to protect those who need it.
	www.angelfire.com /empire2/the_jackals_den/deities.html (5892 words)

	Gods and Godesses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Tawaret was a goddess who protected women during pregnancy and childbirth.
		Other gods and goddesses like Tawaret and Bes were worshipped by people in their own homes.
		This is an amulet of the goddess Tawaret.
	www.ancientegypt.co.uk /gods/explore/tawaret.html (90 words)

	Gods and Goddesses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		It was believed that Amun came to Taweret and joined with her to ensure the renewal of the cycle of life.
		In later times, Tawaret was assimilated by Mutwho took her place as the wife of Amun and mother goddess.
		Tawaret was depicted as a combination of a crocodile, a pregnant, large-breasted hippopotamus standing on her hind legs and a lion.
	www.polarisbear.clara.co.uk /tawaret.html (646 words)

	Session 3 - Interrogation
		Trumps to Tawaret did not connect to Unut in the Tawaret suit, but Trump calls from Unut appeared to be coming from Tawaret, said Anubis.
		Tawaret had come to the Courts some years before, though time flows differently between Amber and the Courts.
		After learning that Tawaret was from Amber and had potential knowledge of her mother's abuser, Kali arranged to have Tawaret captured and tortured, and finally skinned and killed.
	www.cheesetroll.com /feathers/logs/log3.htm (889 words)

	Tawaret
		Another example of the many gods and goddesses that the Egyptians used in their medicine is Tawaret.
		Pregnant women prayed to Tawaret to provide them with protection during their pregnancy and then their delivery.
		Tawaret's powers are further evidence of the importance of the power of religion in Egyptian medicine.
	www.passmoresschool.com /History/mr45tawaret.htm (131 words)

	Nikee`s Page-MY SHINING WORLD,MY CULTURE,MY LIFE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Tawaret (Thoeris, Taurt): Tawaret, or “The Great One”, is the goddess who protects women during their pregnancy and childbirth.
		Often an amulet of Tawaret was worn or at least kept in a person's home to keep them safe from evil spells or actions.
		Tawaret has the head of a hippopotamus and arms and legs of a lion.
	www.bravosito.com /websites/Nikee/4.htm (2581 words)

	Seshat Sithathor’s Midwifery and Pediatric Clinic
		This amulet-sized statue of the Hippopotamus Goddess Tawaret is the perfect size for a pregnant or nursing mother to carry around with her to ensure protection at all times.
		Since she is depicted as a pregnant hippopotamus with pendulous human breasts, Tawaret too is associated with the Nile and its muddy fl banks as a symbol of fertility.
		By implication, this makes the hippopotamus goddess Tawaret a great protective deity for any woman who worships her and seeks her protection during pregnancy and labor.
	www.geocities.com /seshats/PhysicianOffice (974 words)

	The Gods of the MMM Restored Sidereal Calendar * Tawaret The Mighty One (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Tawaret, The Mighty One, Great Mother, first cause, is also known as The Great Bear.
		The Pentenox at the Autumn Equinox, evening of 23 to 28 September, known as Harvest Home, is Sacréd to Tawaret the Mighty One, the Great Mother.
		On the restored Calendar, the eleventh Moon, evening of 9 September to 8 October, is Sacréd to Tawaret.
	pantheon.nuit.ca /kamut/tawa.html (325 words)

	Childbirth in Ancient Egypt
		He is often seen holding the Sa symbol or a knife in his raised hand, prepared to scare off evil with his uglu looks.
		Tawaret, in the figure of a pregnant hippopotamus, with a tail of a crocodile and arms and legs of a lion, is another deity connected to the protection of pregnancy and childbirth.
		Statuettes and amulets of Tawaret were very popular among pregnant women.
	www.philae.nu /akhet/Childbirth.html (2365 words)

	Tawaret Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
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		In Egyptian mythology, Tawaret (also spelt Taurt, Taueret, Tuart, Ta-weret, Taweret, and Taueret, and in Greek, Thoeris and Toeris) was originally the demon-wife of Apep, the original god of evil.
	www.karr.net /encyclopedia/Tawaret (897 words)

	REALM OF THE GODS
		The hippopotamus-goddess was known by three names as early as the Old Kingdom; Opet or Ipy ("harim" or "favoured place"), Tawaret ("the great goddess") and Reret ("the sow").
		Tawaret didn`t have any cult temples that have been discovered but she was portrayed in scenes in temples dedicated to other deities and several statues of Tawaret have been found.
		Tawaret was known as "mistress of the horizon" when she was depicted on Sety I `s (1294 1279 BC) tomb ceiling in the Valley of the Kings (KV 15).
	gtae.users.btopenworld.com /godsTtoW.htm (1041 words)

	PBS - Egypt's Golden Empire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Tiy is thought to have been only 11 or 12 years old at the time of her marriage to Amenhotep III.
		Despite her beauty, Tiy was happy to be portrayed with the cumbersome body of Tawaret – the pregnant goddess of childbirth who brought children to hopeful parents.
		There is some evidence to suggest Tiy urged her oldest daughter, Princess Sitamun, to marry her husband Amenhotep.
	www.pbs.org /empires/egypt/tiy2.html (98 words)

	Breccia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Impact breccias are thought to be diagnostic of an impact event such as an asteroid or comet striking the earth, and are usually found at impact craters.
		The striking visual appearance of breccias has for millennia made them a popular sculptural and architectural material.
		Breccia was used on a limited scale by the ancient Egyptians - one of the best-known examples is the statue of the goddess Tawaret in the British Museum).
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/B/Breccia.htm (421 words)

	Egyptian Deities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Vegetation god later referred to as an emanation of Ptah and was involved in the creation process.
		TAWARET Egyptian Depicted as a pregnant woman or as a creature with the head of a hippo, human midsection with breasts and belly heavy with child, a crocodile tail and the legs and arms of a lion.
		TEFNUT Egyptian May be depicted as a lion or a woman with a lion head.
	www.tazurielslight.com /egyptiandeities.html (3095 words)

	Feline Deities
		In this aspect, Bes was often accompanied by another popular deity, the hippopotamus goddess, Tawaret.
		In the New Kingdom, one of the great festivals of the Egyptian year was when Amun's statue was carried up the Nile on a sacred barge to his wife Mut's temple.
		At the same time the pharaoh and his queen would conduct secret, sacred rituals, which may have had sexual connotations, connected with the god's annual conjugal visit to his wife.
	www.ladyoftheflame.co.uk /Deities.htm (12588 words)

	Amun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Shu held up Nut so that the earth and the sky were separated.
		Tawaret: Tawaret was a Goddess who protected women during pregnancy and childbirth.
		She was the wife of Shu and the mother of Nut and Geb.
	www.users.bigpond.com /dejongetjes/Egyptians-Gods.htm (466 words)

	Religion
		It was often taken care of by the community people, perhaps led by a priest currently not doing temple duty, so the services were performed and the gods attended to in due order.
		In the homes there were small shrines and very commonly statues of local deities and of Bes and Tawaret, helpers and protectors of children and women, especially for pregnancy and childbirth.
		Amulets in the form of sacred symbols were in frequent use for a mutitude of purposes So religion played an important and vital part in daily life and every Egyptian could be said to be a priest even when he made a simple offering like a piece of bread at the family shrine.
	www.angelfire.com /sk3/eyeofhorus/religion.html (821 words)

	youregypt.com forum :: View topic - A day in the life of an Egyptian farmer's wife.......
		She would be wearing a dress made of coarse linen.
		Around her neck she would wear an amulet of the goddess Tawaret on a piece of papyrus string.
		She would prepare a small meal of bread and fruit, which she would eat with her husband and children.
	www.youregypt.com /forum/viewtopic.php?t=452 (1268 words)

	Art/Auctions: The Charles Pankow Collection of Egyptian Art at Sotheby's December 8, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Lot 27, in fact, is a fine pale green faience figure of Thoeris, Late Period, 716-30 B.C. The 4 1/16-inch high figure is depicted holding a sa-sign and wearing a tripartite wig that falls to the top her chevron-incised crocodile tail.
		The catalogue notes that "The goddess Thoeris, or Tawaret, 'was especially helpful to women during childbirth' and her image was attached to beds, head-rests and cosmetic articles." This lot has a modest estimate of $5,000 to $8,000.
		While it is true that hippos can be temperamental and with their girth and enormous mouth they can be formidable opponents, the notion of them wallowing in lily pads must surely be domestic bliss.
	www.thecityreview.com /f04sant1.html (2260 words)

	RealMagick Article: Bes by Mirjam
		His body represented a bandy-legged dwarf wearing either a panther skin or a kilt, and a lion's tail.
		Together with Tawaret he was a protector of childbirth, and his ugliness was seen as a deterrent to evil spirits.
		He is present at the scenes of royal birth carved on Theban temple walls.
	realmagick.com /articles/78/378.html (426 words)

	Amulet With Set (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		This linear amulet image was created from the SET image carved into a 12th Dynasty wand amulet at the Cairo Museum.
		The hieroglyph at the bottom means 'amulet' and was a symbol of protection, often associated with the Goddess Tawaret, protector of women during childbirth.
		The hippopotamus Goddess Tawaret appears to the left of SET on that wand, as does the frog Goddess Heket, also associated with protection of childbirth:
	www.goddessilluminaria.com /setamulet.html (98 words)

	The British Museum: Newsroom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		From Thursday 23 September 1999 you can find the answers to these and many other questions on the British Museum's new Ancient Egypt web site.
		Sail up the Nile in search of amethysts and carnelian, find a way into the depths of an Egyptian temple and meet the goddesses Tawaret and Hathor face to face.
		Ancient Egypt has been created by the British Museum's Educational Multimedia Unit specifically for schoolchildren in years 5 and 6, and for their teachers.
	www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk /newsroom/archive1999/interact.html (324 words)

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