Shed

**Shed**


 * Meaning of Name:**

“The Enchanter”


 * Titles:**

"Lord of Deserts"

“He Who Rescues”

"Lord of Heaven"

A protective child god, Shed was pictured on many plaques and pendants. He was believed to guard against illnesses and wild beasts, and made sacred weapons of war. As the master of the desert, Shed also ruled over life-giving rivers. He was pictured as a young man with a child’s Sidelock of Youth, wearing a kilt and an aegis, with a quiver of arrows across his back, riding in a chariot pulled by griffins. Shed was often shown grasping serpents and other dangerous animals, and standing on the back of one or more crocodiles. In some instances Shed was pictured as a mongoose. As a child-god, Shed was offered milk.


 * Outside of Egypt:**

From the Coptic period there exists an amulet showing Christ and New Testamental scenes on the one side, and an image of a winged Shed fighting scorpions and crocodiles on the other.

Egyptian Deities - S