타워렛(Taweret, Taurt)

This faience vessel from the early Ptolemaic period is molded in the form of Taweret and was perhaps used to ritually cleanse liquid. Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 

(출처- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Egyptian_-_Taweret_-_Walters_481539_-_Three_Quarter.jpg)

 

Taweret (Taueret, Taurt, Toeris, Ipy, Ipet, Apet, Opet, Reret) - The Great Female - was the ancient Egyptian goddess of maternity and childbirth, protector of women and children. Like Bes, she was both a fierce demonic fighter as well as a popular deity who guarded the mother and her newborn child. She was depicted as a combination of a crocodile, a pregnant hippopotamus standing on her hind legs with large breasts and a lion. Unlike the composite demoness Ammut, her head and body were that of the hippo, her paws were that of the lion, and her back was the back of a crocodile. All of these animals were man killers, and as such she was a demoness.t was in her role of a protector that she was seen as a goddess. As the mother hippo is protective of her young, Taweret was believed to be protective of Egyptian children. She was often shown holding the sa hieroglyph of protection or the ankh hieroglyph of life. She was thought to assist women in labour and scare off demons that might harm the mother or child. She was also a goddess relating to fertility. She was goddess of harvests as well as a goddess who helped with female sexuality and pregnancy. In this capacity, she was linked with the goddess Hathor. As a fertility goddess, she was closely associated with the inundation of the Nile especially at Jabal al-Silsila.

(출처- http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/taweret.htm) 얼굴은 하마, 팔다리는 사자, 꼬리는 악어, 가슴은 사람 모습을 한 여신

 

This clay statuette of Taweret was found in a foundation deposit under the enclosure wall of the pyramid of the Nubian King Anlamani (ca. 623–595 BCE). Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

(출처- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tawaret_figurine_(Boston_MFA).jpg)

 

This red jasper Ptolemaic amulet bears Taweret's likeness and represents a longstanding tradition of female hippopotamus amulets in ancient Egypt. Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.

(출처- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Egyptian_-_Taweret_-_Walters_42217.jpg)

 

Faience hippopotamus statuettes like this one were placed in tombs and temples to help the deceased be successfully reborn into the afterlife. Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum.

(출처- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WLA_brooklynmuseum_Hippo_ca_1938-1539_BCE_Faience_1.jpg)

 

Images of protective deities like Taweret and Bes were placed on the outer walls of Ptolemaic temples in order to keep evil forces at bay. Edfu, Egypt.   (출처- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flickr_-_schmuela_-_Taweret.jpg)

 

This apotropaic wand shows a procession of protective deities, including a hippopotamus goddess. Such a wand would have been used in rituals associated with birth and were perhaps used to draw a magical circle around the mother and child. Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.  (출처- http://img.readtiger.com/wkp/en/Egyptian_-_Magic_Wand_Depicting_a_Procession_of_Deities_)

 

Portion of a Relief, Limestone, 14 5/16 x 13 x 2 1/2 in. (36.3 x 33 x 6.3 cm), Perhaps Late Period-Ptolemaic Period 664-30 B.C.E
 (출처- http://joanannlansberry.com/fotoart/brklyn/taweret.html) 

 

Lion-headed Taweret, Late period, 664-332 B.C.E., Carnelian or sard, Promised gift of Peter Gottesman,,

in memory of George H. Gottesman  (출처- http://joanannlansberry.com/fotoart/brklyn/taweret.html)

 

This image shows the astronomical ceiling of Senemut's tomb. A celestial form of Taweret can be seen towards the bottom in the center.   (출처- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Senenmut.jpg)

 

Statuette of the goddess Taweret, Ptolemaic Period, ca. 332–30 b.c. Egyptian

(출처- http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/26.7.1193)

 

Statue of Tawaret

(출처- http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawaret)

 

The river goddess Taweret, portrayed as a bipedal hippopotamus with limbs like those of a feline. Her hand rests on the sa sign, a hieroglyph that means "protection."  (출처- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Taweret.svg)