Selket, the Earlier Egyptian goddess whose symbol is the scorpion - one of the furthermost contaminated creatures found in North Africa - seems healthy ghostlike to be The Bad Witch's God of the Week ethical before Halloween.The photo was occupied at the Soothing Moon Fair, where priestess Caroline Meticulous gave a dialogue about Selket, and explained that even as she nation-state thud unapproachable, the Earlier Egyptians didn't see her as unusual evil.In Egyptian mythology, Selket - sometimes spelled Serket - is the goddess of stings and poisons. Scorpion stings can lead to paralysis and Serket's name describes this, as it avenue "she who tightens the gorge". Stagnant, Serket can be read as "she who causes the gorge to animate" and the goddess was whichever contemplation to bring about power beyond healing annoyance and make up bites, neutralising poisons and protecting vs. stings.In Earlier Egyptian art, Serket was depicted as a scorpion or as a insect in the sphere of a scorpion on her boss. She was a in good health important goddess and even the goodhearted person of pharaohs - The Scorpion Kings.Via her potent powers, Serket was calculated a advocate of the dead. Her image is found in tombs on canopic jars containing innards, the appendage parallel with poisons.I prerequisite stand facing I wish I had learnt about Selket more readily. This summer my lob was plague-ridden with wasps. At early, I simply not here them on a case by case basis as I personage all creatures bring about their place in affect, but late I was stung bend over and my shriveled mother stung similar to, I severe to name in a smarting supervisor to get rid of them. Most likely if I had said a prayer to Selket, asking for protection vs. stings, I can bring about avoided a lot of pain.Next week, the British Museum, Roomy Russell Manner, London WC1B3DG, is hosting an display entitled Jaunt Through the Afterlife: Earlier Egyptian Register of the Deadened, where you can learn above about Selket and other deities parallel with Egyptian committal wake. The display runs from Thursday 4 November 2010 - 6 Action 2011 and follows the ancient Egyptians' running away from death to the afterlife as depicted in the Register of the Deadened - a as one of spells to guide the dead tenant guzzle the dangers of the criminal world. I'll be writing above about this on A Bad Witch's Blog beyond the agree with few weeks. Sizeable tickets are lb12. Elevation booking essential via http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats on/future exhibitions/book of the dead.aspxThe photo greater shows Selket on the screen at the Soothing Moon FairRelativeshttp://www.orderwhitemoon.org/goddess/selket.htmlhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/tutankhamun gallery 09.shtmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serkethttp://www.badwitch.co.uk/2010/10/blue-moon-festival-with-dancing-pigs.htmlhttp://www.badwitch.co.uk/2008/10/halloween-controversy.html
