Also called Renenet, Ernutet, Thermouthis (to the Greeks), Lady of the Fertile Fields.
Their story
Renenutet protected the harvest and the stores of grain, and small shrines to her stood beside granaries and wine presses, where a cobra was a welcome guard against rodents. She was shown as a cobra or a cobra-headed woman nursing a child, and was regarded as the mother of Nepri, the grain. She also gave each person their fortune and name at birth, and she pairs with Shai, fate, in wisdom texts. The Middle Kingdom temple at Medinet Madi in the Fayum was dedicated to her and to Sobek.
Best times to give to them
- harvest
- the month of Parmouti (Pharmouthi), named after her
- the first meal from a new crop
What they like being given
- bread
- grain
- grapes or grape juice
- milk
- fruit
How to honour them
- Offer the first slice of fresh bread to her.
- Keep a small image near where you store food.
How they can help you
- a well-stocked home
- good fortune
- nourishing children
- harvest
Symbols
- cobra
- cobra-headed woman nursing a child
- sheaf of grain
Sources
- Medinet Madi temple of Amenemhat III and IV
- Instruction of Amenemope
- 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