Scorpion goddess explained

A scorpion goddess is a goddess associated with a scorpion theme.

Examples include:

• Chelamma, Hindu goddess of the Southern Karnataka region of India
• Hedetet, Egyptian scorpion goddess
• Išḫara, Eblaite, Mesopotamian, Hurrian and Ugaritic goddess associated with love, oaths, illness and the underworld, represented by a scorpion symbol on kudurru^[1]
• Isis, Egyptian queen mother goddess who sometimes appeared as a scorpion, and was accompanied and guarded by seven minor scorpion deities on her travels
• Lisin, also known as Negun, was a Sumerian goddess identified with the star α Scorpionis, the "heart of Scorpion"
• Malinalxochitl, Aztec goddess of snakes, scorpions and insects
• Ningirima, Mesopotamian goddess of incantations, was associated with the scorpion star
• Serket, patron goddess of the Pharaohs and deification of the scorpion
• Ta-Bitjet, Egyptian goddess with antivenomous secretions, consort to Horus

See also

• Snake goddess (set index article)

Notes and References

1. Book: Archi, Alfonso. The Third Millennium. Išḫara and Aštar at Ebla: Some Definitions. BRILL. 2020. 10.1163/9789004418080_002.