TYPE: Local Mother goddess
ORIGIN: Egyptian (Upper)
INFORMATION: Known from Nekhab (el-Kab), she is generally depicted in the form of a vulture with one or both wings spread and holding the symbols of eternity in her talons. Nekhbet is known from at least 3000 BCE and is mentioned in the Pyramid Texts as the "great white cow"—a familiar epithet in respect of Egyptian mother or creator goddesses.