Also called Qadesh, Qudshu, Lady of Heaven.
Their story
Qetesh was a goddess who came into Egypt from the Levant in the New Kingdom. Stelae, many from Deir el-Medina, show her naked and facing outwards, standing on a lion and holding lotus flowers and snakes. She often stands between the Egyptian god Min and the Syrian god Reshep, forming a kind of triad. She wore a wig in the style of Hathor, with whom she was linked as a goddess of love.
Best times to give to them
- evening
- festive occasions
What they like being given
- lotus or other flowers
- perfume
- bread
- water
How to honour them
- Offer flowers and perfume and ask for joy and confidence in love.
How they can help you
- love
- self-confidence
- healing
Symbols
- naked woman shown frontally standing on a lion
- lotus flowers
- snakes
- Hathor-style wig
Her exact relationship to Levantine goddesses such as Asherah or Anat is debated.
Sources
- Deir el-Medina stelae of Qetesh, Min and Reshep
- Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt
More Egyptian goddesses
- Isis Great of Magic, mother of Horus
- Bastet Protector of the home, lady of joy
- Hathor The Golden One, lady of love and music
- Sekhmet The Powerful One, healer and protector
- Maat Truth, balance and right order
- Nephthys Lady of the House, comforter of the grieving
- Taweret The Great One, guardian of mothers
- Amunet The hidden goddess of the primordial eight