Meret

**Meret**


 * Other Names:**

Merit


 * Meaning of Name:**

“The Beloved One”


 * Family:**

Meret was considered to be the wife of Hapi.

She was the goddess of song and rejoicing. Stories tell that Meret stood for the eighth hour of the night, and that she helped establish the cosmic order by means of her music, song, and gestures. The director of singers in the temples bore the tile of “Priest of Meret.” On Meret’s head was usually seen a blue lotus flower, and she often had an offering bowl in her hands.

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