Meaning of Two Ladies | Babel Free

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the Egyptian goddesses Wadjet and Nekhbet

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“The Two Ladies painted on a coffin: On the left Nekhbet as a vulture wearing the White Crown; on the right Wadjyt as a cobra wearing the Red Crown.”

“In this case, the label⟳ attests to the existence of the Two Ladies, and their close⟳ connection with the kingship, from the very beginning of the First Dynasty; but it does not prove⟳ the existence of the Two Ladies’ title at this stage⟳, nor does it have⟳ any bearing on the identification of the semi-legendary king Menes.”

“The idea of the dual kingship of Upper and Lower Egypt is shifted from Horus and Seth to the Two Ladies, written (nbty), a clear reference to the vulture goddess Nekhbet of Upper Egypt and the cobra goddess Wadjet of Lower Egypt. [...] This sets up a paradigm of complemetarity between the king, ruler of the Black Land⟳, and the queen, who is a manifestation of the Two Ladies as the Two Lands.”

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