Andjety

**Andjety**


 * Other Names:**

Anezti, Anedjti


 * Meaning of Name:**

"He of Anjet" (the main center of his worship)


 * Hieroglyphics:**




 * Titles:**

“Bull of Vultures”


 * Family:**

Andjet's wife was thought to be Meskhenet or Anat.

The embodiment of sovereignty and the Duat, he was the forerunner of Osiris. The patron of domestic animals, Andjety probably introduced the use of the shepherd's crook as an emblem of kingship (an interesting precursor to the Christian notion; "the lord is my shepherd.") He is mentioned as early as in the Pyramid Texts, where the king's power is equaled to Andjety's. During t he 18th Dynasty, Hebrew workers brought with them the worship of Anat, a war goddess, and identified Andjety as her husband, symbolizing how war and death are bound together. Andjety was pictured as a man holding the Crook and Flail, wearing the Atef Crown or the Red Crown.

Egyptian Deities - A