TYPE: Goddess of royal authority
ORIGIN: Egyptian
INFORMATION: Wadjet takes the form of a fire-breathing cobra and, as the uraeus symbol worn on the headdress of the ruler, she epitomizes the power of sovereignty. She is a goddess of Lower Egypt equating to Nekhbet in Upper Egypt, with her main cult center at Buto (Tell el-Farain) in the Nile delta. She forms an integral part of the symbolism of the sun god Re, coiling around the sun disc to symbolize Re's powers of destruction. According to mythology she created the papyrus swamps of the delta. She is described as a wet nurse to the god Horus and is the mother of the god of the primeval lotus blossom, Nefertum.