Tjenenyet, alternatively Tenenet, Tjenenet, Zenenet, Tanenet, Tenenit, Manuel de Codage transliteration Tnn.t, was an ancient Egyptian goddess of childbirth and protection. She is mentioned in texts dating from the Ptolemaic period as well as in the Book of the Dead.
Worship
editTjenenyet was associated with childbirth and was invoked as the protector of the uterus for pregnant women.[1]
Her cult centre was at Hermonthis. She was a consort of Monthu. She was later merged with Raet-Tawy,[2] Isis and Iunit.[3]
References
edit- ^ Christian Jacq, Les Egyptiennes, Perrin, 1996, ISBN 2-262-01075-7
- ^ Manfred Lurker, The Routledge Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses, Devils and Demons, Routledge 2004, ISBN 0-415-34018-7, p.208
- ^ W. Max Muller, Egyptian Mythology, Kessinger Publishing 2004, ISBN 0-7661-8601-6, p.150