Neith

Summary

Neith is a water deity^[1]. She ranks in the top 6% of water_deity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (624 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Neith's father was Nun^[3].
• Neith's mother was Mehet-Weret^[4].
• A child of Neith was Sobek^[5].
• A child of Neith was Apophis^[6].
• A child of Neith was Ra^[7].
• Neith's image is recorded as Neith.svg^[8].
• Neith is recorded as female^[9].
• Neith's instance of is recorded as water deity^[10].
• Neith's instance of is recorded as war deity^[11].
• Neith's instance of is recorded as death deity^[12].
• Neith's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 314866535^[13].
• Neith's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 39155224531684372877^[14].
• Neith's GND ID is recorded as 1067432582^[15].
• Neith's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2019033356^[16].
• Neith's IdRef ID is recorded as 027608565^[17].
• Neith's part of is recorded as Egyptian mythology^[18].
• Neith's Commons category is recorded as Neith^[19].
• Neith's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0p1w1^[20].
• Neith's BIBSYS ID is recorded as 1573630758114^[21].
• Neith's worshipped by is recorded as religion of ancient Egypt^[22].
• Neith's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0045739^[23].
• Neith's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary^[24].
• Neith's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon^[25].
• Neith's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[26].
• Neith's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[27].

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Origins and Family

Neith's father was Nun^[3]. Her mother was Mehet-Weret^[4].

Personal Life

Children include Sobek^[5], a water deity^[28]; Apophis^[6], an Ancient Egyptian deity^[29]; and Ra^[7], an Ancient Egyptian deity^[30].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Neith include she^[31], an impact crater^[32] and 1122 she^[33], an asteroid^[34].

Why It Matters

Neith ranks in the top 6% of water_deity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (624 views/month).^[2] She has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] She is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]

Entities named for her include she^[31], an impact crater^[32] and 1122 she^[33], an asteroid^[34].

FAQs

Who were Neith's parents?

Neith's father was Nun^[3]. Neith's mother was Mehet-Weret^[4].