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Uraeus

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The rearing cobra-mark of Egyptian royal brow. Not a generic crown, and not the ordinary serpent as an animal.

Egyptian religion

  • Uraeus appears in Egyptian religion.

    The Book of the Dead names the uraeus as the cobra of the brow among protective signs. A funerary-corpus cobra-emblem, not Wedjat the eye and not a generic serpent.

    from Raymond O. Faulkner (translation) · Book of the Dead, New Kingdom spells; Faulkner trans. 1972

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  • Uraeus is sacred to Ra.

    The Book of the Dead treats the uraeus as the rearing cobra of Ra’s brow. A named royal-solar cobra of that god, not a generic serpent, and not Wadjet as a second unpublished goddess-flatten.

    from Raymond O. Faulkner (translation) · Book of the Dead, New Kingdom spells; Faulkner trans. 1972

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sources

  • Book of the Dead · Raymond O. Faulkner (translation)

    Raymond O. Faulkner, The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead.