Vulture
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There were at least five different species of vulture in
Egypt including the "Egyptian Vulture", Neophron
percnopterus, that represented the letter "a" in
hieroglyphic script. A griffon vulture, Gyps fulvus appears in
this hieroglyph and is associated with several female deities, in
particular Nekhbet of El-Kab who took on
the role of the national goddess of Upper Egypt. Combined with the scarab,
the vulture was used to represent the androgynous goddess Neith and the
god-creator Ptah in whom both sexes were united. |
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