Today ππππ³ I am going to speak about a goddess πΉπ I have never written about before and her name ππ is Seshat πππ! The reason I never wrote about Seshat πππ is because I never had a picture ππ ±π of her! I was so excited to finally βmeetβ Seshat πππ at the Brooklyn Museum!
Seshat πππ is the goddess πΉπ of writing, wisdom and knowledge. Her name ππ literally translates to βfemale scribe,β and she is also the goddess πΉπ of scribes πππͺ! In this relief, she is depicted as a scribe ππ because she is holding writing with a stylus on a board. You can easily pick Seshat πππ out in Egyptian art because of the seven pointed emblem π that she wears on her head (I call it a star). This symbol is also part of her name, which makes it easy!
Seshat πππ is also the goddess of architecture, accounting, mathematics, and surveying. This is what made her an essential part of a building ceremony called the βStretching of the Cord.β The βStretching of the Cordβ was part of the foundation ritual that occurred when a building was constructed in ancient Egypt ππ ππ. It involved nailing four π½ stakes into the ground at the four πΌ corners of the building and then linking them with a cord.
Seshat πππ is definitely related to and shares some of the same functions as the god πΉ Thoth π πππ (or Djehuty to the ancient Egyptians), who was also considered to be the god πΉ of writing, knowledge and wisdom. Usually Thoth π πππ is credited with inventing writing/hieroglyphs πΉππͺ (hence his title βLord of the Divine Words/Writing ππΉπππππβ), however, some mythology credits Seshat πππ with inventing writing/hieroglyphs, while Thoth π πππ was the one who taught writing to man!
Here are some ways to write Seshatβs name ππ in hieroglyphs πΉππͺ:
Seshat π
Seshat πππ
Seshat π΄ππΏππ