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Esna vs. Menhit

Esna (إسنا, jwny.t or tꜣ-snt; ⲥⲛⲏ or Snē from tꜣ-snt; Λατόπολις Latópolis or πόλις Λάτων (Pólis Látōn) or Λάττων (Lattōn); Latin: Lato) is a city of Egypt. Menhit (also known as Menhyt, and Menchit) was originally a Nubian lion goddess of war in the Kingdom of Kush, who was regarded as a tutelary and sun goddess.

Heka (god)

Heka (ḥkꜣ(w); Coptic:; also transliterated Hekau) was the deification of magic and medicine in ancient Egypt.

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Khnum

Khnum, also romanised Khnemu (ẖnmw, Χνοῦβις), was one of the earliest-known Egyptian deities in Upper Egypt, originally associated with the Nile cataract.

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Lower Egypt

Lower Egypt (مصر السفلى) is the northernmost region of Egypt, which consists of the fertile Nile Delta between Upper Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea, from El Aiyat, south of modern-day Cairo, and Dahshur.

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Neith

Neith (Νηΐθ, a borrowing of the Demotic form nt, likely originally to have been nrt "the terrifying one"; also spelled Nit, Net, or Neit) was an early berber deity that was worshipped by Libyans as well as ancient Egyptians alike She was adopted from Libya (or She was a divinity of the local Libyan population in Egypt in Sais where her oracle was located. her worship is attested to have been established since 8000 BC and was introduced in Pre-dynastic Egypt around 6000 BC. She was said to be the first and the prime creator, who created the universe and all it contains, and that she governs how it functions; and the inventor of birth. She was the goddess of the cosmos, fate, wisdom, water, rivers, mothers, childbirth, hunting, weaving, and originally: war. The inscription on Neith’s temple in Sais in the Nile Delta (now modern Sa el-Hagar) read: "I am all that has been, that is and that will be, No mortal has yet been able, to lift the veil that covers me" Neith was the tutelary deity of Sais (ⲥⲁⲓ Sai from Egyptian Zau), where her cult was centered in the western Nile Delta of Lower Egypt. It is attested as early as the First Dynasty. Neith was also one of the three tutelary deities of the southern city of Latopolis (Λατόπολις) or Esna (Snē) (Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲛⲏ from earlier Egyptian: t3-snt, also iwnyt). Latopolis was located on the western bank of the River Nile some south of Luxor (Thebes). She was associated with Athena, and was said to have migrated from Libya to build her temple at Sais in the Nile Delta.

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Upper Egypt

Upper Egypt (صعيد مصر, shortened to الصعيد,, locally) is the southern portion of Egypt and is composed of the Nile River valley south of the delta and the 30th parallel N. It thus consists of the entire Nile River valley from Cairo south to Lake Nasser (formed by the Aswan High Dam).

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