Seshat

Lady of the Library.  

Cult Center: Throughout Egypt

Attributes: Goddess of reading, writing, architecture and arithmetic. She plays an important role in a ceremony called stretching the cord in which she assists the pharaoh in locating and laying out the corners of a temple. She was also responsible for recording the names and tribute of captives taken in battle. We often find her recording the pharaohs name on the tree of life or recording the royal jubilees on a notched palm branch. 

Representation: A woman wearing a panther skin, the ornament on her head consists of a star under a bow or cow horns. She is often holding a palm branch with the symbol of a jubilee pavilion hanging from it. 

Relations:.Wife of Thoth

Other Names:Sesha

 
The next god is Seth
List of Mythological Deities