Deshret, from ancient Egyptian , was the formal name for the Red Crown of Lower Egypt and for the desert Red Land on either side of Kemet, the fertile Nile river basin. Lower Egypt is the northern-most section of Egypt. It refers to the fertile Nile Delta region which stretches from the area between El-Aiyat and Zawyet
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Significance
In mythology the earthgod Geb, original ruler of Egypt, invested Horus with the rule over Lower Egypt. Geb (pronunciation as such from the Greek period onwards formerly erroneously read as Seb) or Keb (in Egyptian originally Gebeb/Kebeb meaning probably [1] The Egyptian kings, who saw themselves as successors of Horus, wore it to symbolize their authority over Lower Egypt. [2]
Other gods wore the deshret too or were identified with it, such as the protective serpent goddess Wadjet and Neith. In Egyptian mythology, Wadjet, which means the Green One ( Egyptian egy w3ḏyt; also spelt Wadjit or Wedjet
The Red Crown would later be combined with the White Crown of Upper Egypt to form the Double Crown, symbolizing the rule over the whole country, "The Two Lands" as the Egyptians expressed it. Hedjet is the formal name for the White Crown of pharaonic Upper Egypt. Upper Egypt (صعيد مصر Sa'id Misr) is a narrow strip of land that extends from the cataract boundaries of modern-day Aswan to the area between The Pschent (sh-yen was the name of the Double Crown of Ancient Egypt. [3]
As concerns deshret, the Red Land which comprised the deserts and foreign lands surrounding Egypt, Seth was its lord. This article is about the Biblical Seth For the Egyptian god Seth see Set (mythology; for other meanings see Seth (disambiguation. [4] It was considered a region of chaos, without law and full of dangers.
Records of the Red Crown
No Red Crown has survived, and it is unknown how it was constructed and what materials were used. Reeds, cloth, and leather have been suggested, but this is purely speculative.
The Red Crown is frequently mentioned in texts and depicted in reliefs and statues. An early example is the depiction of the victorious king of the South wearing the deshret on the Narmer Palette. The Narmer Palette, also known as the Great Hierakonpolis Palette or the Palette of Narmer, is a significant Egyptian archeological find dating from A label from the reign of Djer records a royal visit to the shrine of the Deshret which may have been located at Buto in the Nile delta. Djer is the second or third Pharaoh of the First dynasty of Egypt, which dates from approximately 3100 B [5] The creator-goddess of Sais Neith is often shown wearing the Red Crown. [6]
 Ramesside Period ostracon, pharaoh wearing Red Crown |  Narmer Palette, front |  The vertical letter N, as preposition, or determinative in the egyptian language |
References
- ^ Ewa Wasilewska, Creation Stories of the Middle East, Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2000, p. An ostracon ( Greek: ostrakon, plural ostraka) is a piece of Pottery (or stone usually broken off from a Vase or other The Narmer Palette, also known as the Great Hierakonpolis Palette or the Palette of Narmer, is a significant Egyptian archeological find dating from In Grammar, a preposition is a Part of speech that introduces a prepositional phrase. A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an Ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in Logographic scripts Egyptian is an Afro-Asiatic language most closely related to the Berber, Semitic, Somali and Beja languages 128
- ^ Toby A. H. Wilkinson, Early Dynastic Egypt, Routledge 1999, p. 194
- ^ Ana Ruiz, The Spirit of Ancient Egypt, Algora Publishing 2001, p. 8
- ^ John D. Baines, Byron Esely Shafer, Leonard H. Lesko, David P. Silverman, Religion in Ancient Egypt: Gods, Myths, and Personal Practice, Cornell University Press 1991, p. 93
- ^ Toby A. H. Wilkinson, Early Dynastic Egypt, Routledge 1999, p. 284
- ^ George Hart, The Routledge Dictionary Of Egyptian Gods And Goddesses, p. 100
See also
Hedjet is the formal name for the White Crown of pharaonic Upper Egypt. The Khepresh was an ancient Egyptian royal headdress It is also known as the Blue Crown The Pschent (sh-yen was the name of the Double Crown of Ancient Egypt.Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic