Neith

Neith is also known as Nit, Neit, or Net. Neith means Great Goddes. The symbols for the name Neith are, shields and weapons, and Bows are arrows. Depictions of Neith from upper egypt showed her a woman with the head of a lioness. At times depictions of Neith showed her crowned with a weaving shuttle. She was often shown suckling her son Sobek in the form of a crocodile. Neith was said to be the mother of Sobek and Re. According to myth it was Neith who offered the solution to dispute between Seth and Horus over who should succeed Osiris as the king of egypt Neith suggested that Horus takes the throne and, as consolution, Seth take two semitic Goddesses. Neiths wisdom prevailed with all of the gods agreeing to the arangement, except Seth. At Sais the largest temple to Neith, called Sapi-meht. At Sais the ram headed creation god Khnemu was her husband and her son was Tutu. A form of the god Shu.