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#Statuette of the Goddess Taweret
doomsdaybby · 2 years
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Five Pounds & Sixty Pence (steven grant x female reader)
what to expect/warnings: switch steven (whiny subby/slightly possessive), mutual pining, steven needs to shut his dirty mouth, squirting, fingering, developing relationship.
I slightly blue balls you at the end but don’t worry about it.
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You had been on a few dates with Steven Grant over the past couple of months. The shy, charmingly awkward, beautiful man that worked in the museum gift shop encapsulated you like no other had ever done before.
“That’ll be - uhh - five pounds and sixty pence” his warm eyes glimmered, a polite smile graced his kind face, and you just about melted into a puddle on the floor. You had visited the museum for the first time with some friends early February that year, and were stupidly close to veering away from the gift shop, when the alluring man behind the till caused you to almost trip over your own feet.
“Taweret,” he exhaled a jittered chuckle as you fumbled through your purse, pointing to the small statuette of the goddess whilst his other hand twitched as if he wasn’t sure where to put it, to then clumsily settle on the counter. “Excellent choice”.
You paused and lifted your lashes to gaze at him, his expression bright although he was far from comfortable. He always lost the very little nerve he had around divine women. “She’s pretty,” you said after humming in agreement. Truth be told, you didn’t quite care, your only motivation being that you had to buy something, so that you could linger around the shelves and marvel at the enticing gentlemen behind the counter without making it too obvious.
You smiled back at him when his grin grew bigger, his tousled dark locks bouncing as he nodded eagerly, and you could have sworn his pink cheeks deepened in rouge. ‘Pretty’ maybe wasn’t the word Steven would use, but be it that it was coming from your mouth had him blindly agreeing.
You could tell from the praising comment that he was holding back from explaining why he thought you made a good choice, and if you weren’t being beckoned towards the exit by your friends, you would have enthralled him. His eagerness, the excited glimmer that lingered behind his chocolate irises drew you close, and you wished for more time.
“Thankyou-“ glancing at his name tag that sat slightly lopsided on the pocket of his navy button up, “-Steven” you smiled, handing him the array of pound coins and loose change. “With a V,” he stuttered, pointing to his name badge as if you hadn’t already looked at it. The alluring stranger was now a little less strange, and you silently cursed him for turning your legs to putty for doing virtually nothing.
Steven. How could he make such a generic name seem so endearing?
His gaze scanned your flushed face, lids sitting slightly lazy as you witnessed him slip into a visible small daze. “Oh- uh, yeah. You’re welcome” he stood up straight in a rush, stunned and a little embarrassed upon the realisation that he had drifted.
From then on, you made every excuse to visit the museum every so often, spending days off you would usually squander in your one bedroom flat stealing greedy glances at Steven from between the shelves.
In your free time, with no one there to unwillingly drag you away, you would stand head in hands propped up on your elbows on the other side of the till, listening to him with undivided attention rivet spellbindingly on about the Egyptian Gods and Goddesses.
“Starting a collection, are we?” he grinned, and you recognised that same gleeful glint behind his eyes. You had sparked the conversation once another small statuette, of Isis this time, graced his palms over the counter. “Will you tell me about her?” you requested politely, your feet rooting to the ground beneath you when he began gushing about the major Goddess.
Two months passed before you worked up the courage to ask him out, having talked yourself out of asking him sooner too many times. His reaction to the proposal of drinks after his shift made your heartbeat flutter a little faster; his face automatically brightened whilst blinking at you in almost disbelief.
“Is… that a… yes?” you prodded, unable to stifle the schoolgirl-esque giggle that wormed its way out of your chest when he was rendered mute. There he was again, swimming in that ditsy daydream that he would often visit when he was around you, a far off gaze that made his eyes twinkle.
Steven shook his head, coming to his senses quicker than he would if you had drenched him in ice water, “Oh! Yes! -“ he cleared his throat, “Yes. Absolutely! Give me uhhh…,” he glanced at his watch, “Half an hour?”.
The first date was even more wonderful than you could have imagined, never tiring of his over enthusiastic gleeful voice laced with more delight than you had ever witnessed when you prodded him more about his knowledge on ancient Egypt, surprised that he wasn’t already a tour guide.
“You’re wasted at that place, they don’t deserve you” you told him with utmost sincerity, after becoming excessively annoyed by his heavy sigh once you asked why he was still working in the gift shop. Not at him, of course, but at his stupid boss. Why did they not see how wonderful he was?
Though it settled your heart when you practically saw the sunken purple under lethargic eyes bore a healthy glow to match the warm tan of his skin, realising that he probably didn’t have somebody to tell him how great he actually was. His lips curled into a small smile, settling there as his cheeks turned to that familiar rouge.
“Will I… will I be able to see you again?” he asked apprehensively as he helped you with your coat, stumbling slightly almost as if he expected a refusal. You turned to him, enjoying the way he would evidently allow intrusive thoughts to sway his body language and facial expressions, his eyes furiously scanning your face for some sort of cue, praying to every God that the answer wasn’t no.
You straightened the collar of his shirt, resisting the urge to run your hands over his strong shoulders that were hidden underneath the oversized geometric fabric, that you quickly caught on was one of his favourites.
And like a moth to a flame, you couldn’t resist.
So now here you were, two weeks later curled up on Steven’s grey fabric couch in his dingy London flat, chowing down on some noodles from the local Chinese takeaway. It was a battle within itself to wiggle your way into his flat in the first place, stunting the tried and true trusty puppy dog eyes and pouty lip that had him practically melting in front of you.
Glancing beside you, your stomach pooled with an overwhelming warmth. “God, this is amazing!”, the delight coating his words snapped you out of a trance you didn’t realise you were in, watching how his face would twist into gleeful smiles and theatrical gasps. Who knew a movie about hobbits and wizards would have him so enthralled?
He was so innocently sublime, overwhelmingly beguiling to every degree and beyond, and somehow he was interested in you. At least that’s what you would like to think, as every time he made the smallest move he would proceed to hastily back out at the last second.
If your hands touched he would allow his fingers to linger there for a moment, before whisking it away as quickly as it appeared amidst an awkward clear of the throat.
“What?” he laughed when he noticed you staring, cheeks stuffed full of noodles and eyes glittering with wonder. You clocked the steal of a glance at your lips, which only made your smile grow wider and your cheeks flush a deeper pink. “Nothing,” you replied, returning your attention to the film, relishing in the sensation of his gaze raking across your face.
You would kill to know what he was thinking at that moment. Hoping that he shared in your desire; as if he were to give you the green light, that god awful geometric shirt would be ripped from his torso and cast to the floor quicker than he could say ‘Hathor’.
But you wanted Steven to be the one to take it further, as you already felt that you had to step on his throat to even get past the first date, let alone hold grapple him in a chokehold to get through his front door.
You couldn’t be the one to hold the reins forever, and if either of you wanted there to be a forever, he would have to pluck up the courage to take it that one step forward.
There was a kindling fire behind those dark chocolate eyes that screamed for a spark; a match, a fan to the flame, anything, to transform into a raging inferno. You savoured the anticipation, relishing in the fact that at any moment, the embers would ignite.
You could cut the thick tense blanket that swallowed the atmosphere with a knife, the longer Steven stared the quicker your heart would beat, spiralling exponentially towards concaving in your chest. “You’re not watching,” you told him, pretending that you didn’t just want to pounce on him there and then.
“Yeah… yeah” he nodded dizzily, admiring the curve of your lips and the slither of collar bone that peaked out from under your cotton t-shirt. He audibly swallowed, a small shake of his head as he too returned even a morsel of attention back to the screen, having to unbutton the collar of his shirt.
And for the next two hours you sat in near complete silence, a comfortable silence at that, eventually sitting parallel knee against knee, two spoons shovelling into one bowl of raspberry ripple ice cream. You both shared the odd glance and smirk when the other gasped at the tv screen, cannily drinking in the look on Steven’s face when he was consumed with laughter.
Becoming slightly tired of dangling on the edge of expectation, you shuffled over towards Steven’s side of the couch and rested your head on his shoulder. You could call it a bold move, as his bicep clenched under your touch, but would soon relax when your arm snaked through his to curl into a comfortable link.
He smelled so good. Like coffee beans and that generic cedarwood aftershave every man on the planet would wear. But it was like new when it came from him. You found yourself leaning into him, heart fluttering and head promising sin. If your eyes could take the shape of hearts, then they would have done at this moment. It was almost too much to bear.
“This was fun,” Steven said sheepishly whilst leaning against the doorframe of his front door, another perfect example of the fact that he never knew how to place himself, always appearing so self-conscious and fuelled by unease. “I like spending time with you,” you admitted, the first time either of you had explicitly informed the other that you actually valued when you were together.
Another bashful grin, both rows of teeth on full display as he glanced at the floor. You had half expected him to lift a leg up behind him like the lead female role would do in a rom-com. “We should do something again soon, yeah?” his eyes connected with yours, and your ribcage splintered. You didn’t want to leave. Not right now.
But it was obvious he didn’t want you to stay, and you lingered there for what felt like an eternity, screaming at him in your head to let you stay with him a little while longer.
“See you soon, Steven with a V” you turned to begin your walk to the uber waiting outside of the flat block, the lack of offer to, at the very least, walk with you resonating a painful sting.
But you barely even took a step, having only turned your back before you felt a strong grip of calloused fingers along the nook of your elbow. Spinning around, you didn’t have a chance to utter a single syllable before his lips were on yours. You leant forward towards him again, hands flying to his curls whilst his glide over your sides, mesmerising every curve and dip of your padded flesh, twisting around your back.
One hand settles on the small of your back, the other pressing frightenglingy harshly between your shoulder blades. He held you there, rooting you to the ground and suddenly feeling fragile and small in his grasp, waiting to be consumed and devoured. If he pressed any harder you would surely combust under the pressure.
Every shared glance, every hover of delicate fingers on skin, and every heartfelt compliment shattered and swelled all at once within this kiss. You had wanted it from the moment you saw him, with his lopsided name tag and dishevelled brooding appearance.
Your stomach flipped, lungs knotting themselves together amongst the sheer disbelief that you finally got to touch him, possessively and obediently. From your shoulder blades his large palm skates to hook around the back of your neck, forcing you closer as your teeth chattered against one another.
As much as you could stand here forever with him, consuming his taste and touch in every way possible, you couldn’t fuck him out in the corridor. So mustering up the might to push him back, he whimpered as your lips disconnected, his pink tongue chasing your mouth in a desperate attempt to keep you sealed together.
With the fabric of his shirt wadded in the palm of your hand and his shaking breath brushing your nose, you walked him back and shut the front door, not wasting another second before tugging on his shirt to pull him right back in. Steven jolted against you, swiftly lunging himself forward as your tongues twisted together before your lips even had the chance to reconnect.
He tasted of raspberry ice cream, so sweet, and you felt the stretch of his lips as he smiled into you. His large hands found your hips, digging fingertips into the soft flesh underneath the sheer fabric of your dress to quickly smooth over the hurt when you winced.
The awkward, sunken-so-far-down-in-his-chair-he-near-folded-in-on-himself, unimpeachable Steven had been flung out of the nearest window. This new form of himself that held you with such ferocity was uncharted territory, and you liked it.
He was desperate. And so were you.
“Oh god… is this okay?” he questioned against your lips as his fingers fumble with the hem of your dress, returning to those stuttering words and unsure wandering hands that were crying out to explore your body.
“Fuck, Steven, of course it’s okay” your voice dripped with arousal, a twinge of annoyance simmering behind your tone at his apprehensiveness. “Do whatever you want. It’s okay. This-“ you seized his hands and brought them up to harshly squeeze the tissue of your breasts, “-is okay”.
His eyes widened in a spectacular fashion as soon as his clammy palms kneaded the tender flesh, again frantic when they flickered between your chest and your face, unsure of where to look but knowing exactly what to do next.
Green light.
“‘Do whatever you want’, yeah?” his lips curled into a blood curdling grin, every cell in your body crystallising when you physically witnessed his eyes transcend darker. “Oh, darling. I will” and your heartbeat skyrocketed, much did the second one south of your hips that thumped with wicked urgent intent.
His kiss-bruised lips latched to your throat, and you felt yourself titling your head back against the door to give him easier access. As he nipped at the sensitive skin of your throat, one hand suctioned to your breast, resonating an ache that paired with the brutish force of his palming.
He wasted no time to send the other prowling up underneath your dress; nimble quick fingertips ghosting over the skin of your belly, sparking an array of goosebumps in their wake, tracing over the rolls of your sides along your ribs, settling against the cushion of your naked bosom.
Steven groaned against your neck, the rumbling adding to the multitude of sensations that had your breathing latch and heartbeat frantic. The only thing you could do was to hang onto him for dear life, your hands grasping to the roots of his curls as he had you pinned against the doorway, belligerently sucking welts of blue and purple against your skin.
“Fuck, Steven…” his name rolled off your tongue with an embarrassing simplicity, ready to fall to your knees if he commanded you to do so. You tightened your grip on his tousled curls, enough so that you winced at the mere thought of how it felt, but Steven only omitted a delighted groan in return.
He wedged himself against you, rolling his hips against your thigh where you quickly became aware of his own arousal, cock straining deliciously in his jeans. “Poor baby…” you cooed, reaching down to glide your hand over his clothed erection. He whimpered, a needy sound you had never quite heard before, fingers digging into your skin again so harshly you were bound to be bruised.
He melts against you, dragging a hand down to tease the waistband of your panties as your palm flattens along his apparent bulge. His head is buried into the crook of your neck, hot trembling moaning breaths fanning along your collarbone and chest. From this angle you could kiss along his glistening hairline, travelling towards his temple as you allowed him to drift again, savouring every little touch and squeeze in between.
“That’s it, darling” he drawled in response when you opened your legs for him, right on cue for his fingers to dip below the cloth concealing your modesty. Drawing him closer, ragged breaths seared the back of your throat as thick fingers discover how soaked you are for him. Ready and waiting, utterly dripping, for him.
“Fuck,” he runs his fingertips over the mound of your clit, breathing out a laugh of almost disbelief when you squeak. He must have felt your heart skip a beat; pulling his head back now to peer at you with a new wanderlust daze of sheer awestruck and admiration, a smirk painting his stupidly perfect face when those same fingers slid down to your slick entrance.
As if your state of arousal wasn’t obvious enough, as Steven teased your folds over and over again, the sound of it was a dead giveaway. “So fucking wet for me…” that familiar delight lingered behind his words, as if he had been presented with a professionally wrapped gift on christmas morning, satin bow and all.
“All for you…” you made sure he knew it. How devoted you were to him, how you would do anything he said at the drop of a hat. You had been hooked since the beginning. His thumb pad finally began to circle your clit, clumsily at first but he soon found his rhythm.
Now it was your turn to melt against him, fighting clawing urges to both hold his gaze and also throw your head back and squeeze your eyes shut amongst the pleasure. Just as you thought you were as close to heaven as you could get, Steven pushed a thick ring finger into your aching heat, catapulting you to a place otherworldly.
“Jesus! Steven!”, although you were more than prepared for him, the sudden sensation of becoming so full by just a finger was a jolting surprise within itself. He stared at you slack jawed, running his tongue absentmindedly over his bottom lip, watching you spurred with sacrilegious intent.
You ground down against him in a stupor, silently begging for more. Of course, Steven wouldn’t leave you hanging, as much as the thought of you pleading for him danced in his head, he wasn’t about to deprive this sweet sweet Goddess of the pleasure she deserved. There was plenty of time to practice those fantasies he pushed to the back of his mind.
He slips in another finger with ease, the initial shock of his presence within you settling, the familiar warmth pooling at the pit of your stomach. “That’s it, angel. Such a good girl” he cooed in your ear, returning his lips that glimmered with saliva to your reddened throat, purring buttery sweet nothings against your skin.
“Oh my fucking god,” you squirmed away from his touch, the firecrackers rippling along your spine teetering on the edge of too much to bear. But in this position, trapped between a wooden door and a man that was built as if chiselled from polished marble, you had nowhere to go.
And jesus fuck, you were glad to be caged.
Steven pulled his fingers back out of you again, and this time you whimpered in the same desperate tone he adorned only minutes ago. But with a shift of his posture and a curve of his wrist, he curled his fingers up into you at a new unrelenting angle that had you chanting with no cohesion.
He suckled at your flesh, the bulging arteries that pumped mercilessly with hot blood beckoning him like a siren call. “Oh god, Steven. Steven!” your whimpers became cries, cries became muffled screams that were stunted by the weight of his free hand that clasped rapidly over your mouth. The last thing he needed was a noise complaint from his shitty neighbours.
“Are you going to cum for me, angel? Such a pretty baby, falling apart all because of my fingers? You have no idea what my cock can do to you” the filth that stringed from his lips were enough to tip you over that edge, his voice as sweet as honey yet cold as ice. You never imagined such vulgarity to bubble from the throat of someone so… well, someone like Steven.
Your throat splintered under the weight of your cries, moan after moan ripping from your chest as you flooded the palm of his hands. You faintly heard what can only be described as rain in a thunderstorm hammering down south of your hips, head fuzzy and brain buzzing.
You noticed Steven’s bewildered and exhilterated expression as his focus dipped to his fingers that ploughed you through your high, slowing to a steady pace as your cries dwindled into soft moans. “Bloody hell, can you do that again?!“ his boyish pitch had returned, and it was when you fully came to your senses that you realised what had happened.
Titling your head down to follow his wide eyes, your chest began to cave in once again through the panic of realisation. You saw the front of Steven’s jeans first, splashed with the result of your orgasm, then; the tips of his fingers still aligned with your entrance, his palm and wrist dripping with your cum.
And the floor. God. The floor had become puddled with more arousal than you had ever seen. You knew you were capable, but goddamn, you had never squirted this much before.
“Oh jesus, I’m sorry. I didn’t-“ but you were cut off by his lips sealing with yours in a flurry, quickly shutting you up and snuffing out any doubt that has risen in your head. “Don’t you dare apologise,” he warned, tone so buttery and genuine as he kissed away any shame or uncertainty.
“I'm going to make you do that again”.
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woohoo! my first moon knight fic.
feedback is always appreciated! 💖
should I do a second part? I think that’s fair lmao.
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artifacts-archive · 4 months
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Statuette of the Goddess Taweret
Egypt, Ptolemaic Period, 332–30 B.C.
In all likelihood, this statuette represents the goddess Taweret, whose domain was the protection of pregnant women, especially during childbirth. Her menacing image, intended to frighten away demons and other deadly creatures, combines human, hippopotamus, crocodile, and lion attributes. The post on her head probably supported a metal crown in the shape of a sun disk, surmounted by either feathers or horns. The stylized symbol under her front paws can be best interpreted as the sa amulet. Although Taweret was worshipped in both secular and sacred settings, this statuette's almost perfect condition, exceptional craftsmanship, size, and iconography suggest that it was created for a temple—possibly for the "birth house" where this goddess was linked with Isis.
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artfoli · 4 years
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Statuette of the Goddess Taweret, 332–30 B.C., Northern Upper Egypt, Qena area
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theancientwayoflife · 7 years
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~ Statuette of the Goddess Taweret. Period: Ptolemaic Period Date: 332–30 B.C. Place of origin: From Egypt, Northern Upper Egypt, Qena area Medium: Glassy faience
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the-evil-clergyman · 4 years
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Taweret (Egyptian 332-30 B.C.)
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egyptologylessons · 3 years
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Statuette of the Goddess Taweret (332–30 B.C.) - Ptolemaic Period this statuette represents the goddess Taweret 𓏏𓄿𓅱𓂋𓏏𓃯 “tAwrt” whose domain was the protection 𓈖𓐍𓅱𓂡 “nḫw” of pregnant 𓃛𓅱𓂋𓁑 “ı͗wr” women, especially during childbirth. Her menacing image 𓅲𓏏 “twt”, intended to frighten away demons and other deadly creatures, combines human, hippopotamus, crocodile 𓏃𓏏𓏭𓆌 “ḫnty”, and lion attributes. The post on her head 𓁷𓏤 “ḥr” probably supported a metal crown in the shape of a sun disk 𓇋𓏏𓈖𓇳 “ı͗tn”, surmounted by either feathers or horns. The stylized symbol under her front paws can be best interpreted as the Sa 𓎃 “s3” amulet. Although Taweret was worshipped 𓇼𓄿𓀃 “dwA” in both secular and sacred settings, this statuette's almost perfect condition, exceptional craftsmanship, size, and iconography suggest that it was created for a temple 𓉞𓉐 “ḥw.t” —possibly for the "birth house" where this goddess was linked with Isis 𓊨𓏏𓆇 “3s.t” In the past, the piece was identified as true glass 𓃀𓆓𓏸𓅱 “bḏ” .While it is difficult to identify the material precisely, pooling of glaze around the feet and the slightly grainy structure visible in a few places strongly argue for glassy faience 𓍘𓎛𓈖𓋣𓏸𓏬 “thn”. Possibly the overall form was created in a mold, but details of the head and extremities, which convey the deity's power 𓌀 “w3s” and intimidating nature, must have been modeled by hand. The pale blue 𓇋𓁹𓅂𓈒𓏫 “irtyw” color of the glaze assists in assigning a Ptolemaic Period date. Date: 332–30 B.C. Geography: From Egypt, Northern Upper Egypt, Qena area Medium: Glassy faience Dimensions: H. 11 cm (4 5/16 in); W. 3.3 cm (1 5/16 in); D. 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in) Credit Line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926 Accession Number: 26.7.1193 𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬 Follow: @egyptologylessons 𓋹𓊽𓋴𓆖𓎛𓇳𓎛 𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁 #Ancienthistory #historyfacts #historylovers #ancientegypt #hieroglyphics #ägypten #egyptologist #egyptianhistory #egyptology #hieroglyphs #egypte #egyptians #egitto #埃及 #مصر #egipto #이집트 #art #culture #history #statuette #taweret #egyptiangoddess #goddess #childbirth #met https://www.instagram.com/p/CVLwF8HL8gS/?utm_medium=tumblr
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Head of the Goddess Taweret, ca. 1336-945 B.C.E., Brooklyn Museum: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
Head of Thueris in haematite broken form a complete statuette of the goddess. Conventional type of hippopotamus head with slightly open mouth, tongue protruding. All surfaces polished. Workmanship is of extraordinary quality. Size: Height: 15/16 in. (2.4 cm) Medium: Hematite
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/3654
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yamayuandadu · 3 years
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The Minoan statuettes of women holding snakes are famous mostly because they were the first to be found and properly described, but they aren’t really representative in any shape or form (and whether they were even reconstructed correctly is questionable) despite being the source of many wild claims about minoan religion, and no depictions of women holding snakes were found on Crete since. The arguments that the Minoans only had a single goddess, which online often accompany such statues, are faulty too, They're based on the assumption that since the outfits of various figures in art are similar they have to represent a single universal deity - but some of the art probably isn't even religious and the art which does appear to have religious character (ex. the “epiphany seals”) pretty clearly shows multiple figures with distinct attributes - a "mistress of animals", a goddess holding flowers, a city god standing atop buildings, a pair of chimeras similar to egyptian Taweret etc. However R. Graves has more presence in popculture than any credible researcher so the misconception about monotheist Minoans and their purported snake goddess persists. Such claims usually aim to recast Minoan Crete as a relic of a past that never was - structured around the XXth century pseudohistorical claims about matriarchal monotheist religions of “old Europe” or their faux spiritual adaptations - rather than as what it actually was: a part of a large bronze age network of interconnected cultural spheres in the Mediterranean, Mespotamia and beyond, probably not all that different from its neighbors and trading partners - Egypt, Ugarit, Hatti etc..
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emily--valence-blog · 5 years
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Emily spent a lot of time in museums across the world during her travels. She’d been in London for six months now but hadn’t visited this one before. She was impressed by the collection and had been inside for hours now simply taking in each piece with critical eyes. Currently, she was viewing a Statuette Goddess Taweret made from glassy faience. It was beautiful but the real beauty, the real visceral thing that struck Emily time and again, was the thought of someone from so long ago making this and it sustaining the same beauty that it had when it was created. Whoever had been caring for the artifact should get a medal for its impeccable condition. Bending down to eye it critically, she looked for any cracks in the surface or discoloration. Finding little, she rose to her feet with a furrow in her brow as she eyed the timeline - 332 to 30 B.C. Head cocked to the side, she suddenly tensed at the feeling of being watched and her eyes fell across the room, over different patrons before catching the dark eyes of a woman close by. A gentle smile, coy and flirty, rose to her lips and she remained silent for the moment, wondering at the stranger. @pvnctum
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merelygifted · 6 years
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Statuette of Taweret Egyptian Late Period, 760–332 B.C.E. Faience, H x W x : 12.5 x 3.75 x 3.5 cm (4 15/16 x 1 1/2 x 1 3/8 in.) Gift of Horace L. Mayer 1964, MFA #64.2252
"Taweret (Egyptian 'the great [female] one'), along with her counterparts, is attested since Old Kingdom times. She is the most commonly encountered form of the Egyptian hippopotamus goddesses and ha[s] a number of mythological associations. [...] Taweret appears to have been one of the most popular of Egyptian household deities." (Wilkinson, _Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt_, page 186) "Protector of women in childbirth, she holds before her the hieroglyphic sign for sa, 'protection'. (From info card)
Photos ©Joan Ann Lansberry, 2014
http://www.joanannlansberry.com/fotoart/mfa/tawr-mfa.html
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egyptology-misr · 4 years
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Hippopotamus Statuette This faience hippopotamus statuette was found in Dra’ Abu el-Naga’ in western Thebes. The glossy blue glaze is the color of the Nile, where the animal lived, and the decoration shows various representations of fauna and flora that grew by the river. The flowers, papyrus plants, and perching bird, are depicted in black, linear forms. Such animal figurines were popular in tombs of the Middle Kingdom and the Second Intermediate Period. The hippopotamus was associated with the fertility of the Nile mud or silt. The hippopotamus goddess Taweret was, moreover, a protector goddess of women and newly born children. Figurines of her were used as amulets to drive away danger. An emblem of goddess, the hippopotamus conversely significant evil at other times. The animal appears in Nile hunting scenes on mastaba tomb walls of the Old Kingdom period as hunting was a pursuit of noble people. At the same time, the scene symbolized the victory of right and order over chaos and disorder. Made of Egyptian faience. Middle Kingdom, 11th Dynasty, ca. 2134-1991 BC. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 21365 #egyptology_misr #Egypte #Agypten #Egipt #Egipto #Egitto #Египет #مصر #मिस्र #エジプト #埃及 #Egypten #Visit_Egypt #discover_Egypt #Experience_Egypt #diving  #socialmedia #egypt #iloveegypt #luxor #karnak #mylifesamovie #mylifesatravelmovie #travelblog #travelblogger #solotravel #wanderlust #gopro #egyptology #ancientegypt (at Egyptian Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4Yucy6FC-I/?igshid=1r5k5ejarvlhx
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More Egyptology questions (you have no idea how happy I am to finally have a professional to ask about these things)! I'm a huge fan of Lost, because it is the best, and in 4th season a major plot point is a huge statue of Taweret, almost certainly referenced from her depiction in the papyrus of Ani. In real Egyptian culture, would such a statue ever be built, and if so, why? Also, everything I've read suggests that Taweret was a fertility goddess; why would she appear in a funerary book?
Taweret was a domestic goddess, charged with the protection of pregnant women, new mothers, and infants in their first years of life. She’s a protective force for the weak and a formidable opponent for malign influences. Her fearsome appearance as a hippopotamus - a destructive creature - scared off spirits and demons that could harm mother and/or child. 
Taweret is not the only hippopotamus goddess, however. The Pyramid Texts of the Old Kingdom, for example, mention Ipy, the “Divine Mother” who gives birth to the deceased in the afterlife. Now as far as I have been taught, the goddess in Ani’s Book of the Dead is a goddess named Ipet, who protects the weak. Various experts say that Ipy and Ipet may be one and the same goddess, a motherly, protective funerary goddess who is through these aspects comparable to Taweret. It’s been suggested that, in the case of the Book of the Dead, the weak are embodied by the deceased. Since the journey to the afterlife was wrought with difficulties, it’s not such a stretch of the imagination to depict a protective, fearsome goddess as being on the side of the deceased. 
Now as for Taweret’s depictions, there are a very few larger statues of Taweret, like this one which is over a metre tall, but these were unusual; she was a domestic goddess and the lower classes wouldn’t have had the funds or the space to keep a large statue around the house. She was mostly depicted through statuettes and amulets that were placed on the house altar, and on magical wands.
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Statuette of the Goddess Taweret, Egyptian Art
Medium: Glassy faience
Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/544864
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