was

Was


 * Other Names**:

Usa, Ouas


 * Meaning of Name:**

"Power" or "Dominion"


 * Hieroglyphics:**



The //Was// scepter is a straight, often ribbed staff with a forked base, topped with an animal head. It was the commonest scepter held by the Egyptian deities. //Was // scepters were carried by deities, pharaohs, and priests, as a symbol of power, and in later use, control over the force of chaos (Set). //Was// scepters represent the Set Animal - the head and forked tail are clearly present. Some version of the //Was// scepter feature the jackal head of the god Anubis.

//Was // scepters are often depicted in paintings, drawings, and carvings of gods, and remnants of real //Was // scepters have been found, constructed of faience or wood. Small amulets of //Was// scepters were buried with the dead, made of gold, faience, wood, and bronze. One theory is that the //Was// scepter originated from a shepherd's crook, or a forked stick used to catch serpents. Others think that it represented a pillar which supported the sky, or a human vertebrae.

Young-earth creationists often insist that the animal on the //Was// Scepter is meant to be the head of a pterosaur, without realizing that the full Set Animal looks like nothing of the sort.

Scepters