Serket (also known as Serqet, Selkis, and Selket) is an Egyptian goddess of protection associated with the scorpion. She was worshipped widely in Lower Egypt as a great Mother Goddess in the Predynastic Period (c. 6000- c. 3150 BCE) and so is among the older deities of Egypt.
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c. 6000 BCE - c. 3150 BCESerket is worshiped as a Mother Goddess deity.
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c. 3150 BCESerket associated with the Scorpion Kings of the Predynastic Period in Egypt.
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c. 3150 BCE - c. 2890 BCESerket associated with the god Nun and creation of the world during the First Dynasty of Egypt.
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c. 2613 BCE - c. 2181 BCESerket is invoked in protective spells during the period of the Old Kingdom in Egypt.
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1570 BCE - 1069 BCESerket included in some versions of the Osiris Myth during the period of the New Kingdom in Egypt.
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1327 BCEGolden statue and alabaster canopic jar of Serket placed in tomb of Tutankhamun.
