Scorpion goddess

The Scorpion goddess is a figure found in several cultures.

  • Ishhara (or Ishkhara or Ishara)- Mesopotamian goddess of Love, mother of the seven Sebettu. She was often identified with Ishtar as a fertility goddess. One tradition assigned her to the Semitic grain god Dagon as spouse. Her symbol was the scorpion;[1]
  • Chelamma - Hindu goddess of the Southern Karnataka region of India
  • Malinalxochitl - Aztec goddess of snakes, scorpions and insects
  • Hedetet - Egyptian scorpion goddess
  • Ta-Bitjet - Egyptian goddess with anti-venomous secretions, consort to Horus
  • Serket - patron goddess of the Pharaohs and deification of the scorpion

References

  1. ↑ Black, Jeremy and Anthony Green. 2003 (1992), Gods, Demons, and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia, Austin, TX: University of Texas PressBlack, p. 110
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