| rdfs:comment | - In Egyptian mythology, Unut is a goddess with a rabbit's head. She originated from the pre-dynastic period as divine snake also known as "the swift one". She was worshiped at Hermopolis. During the dynastic period, she got a human body and a desert hare's head. She had a bunny-headed, white-garbed hieroglyphic denoting her, but she was rarely spoken of in literature or inscription. In other words, she's obscure, but there is a hieroglyph for her. Only one pharaoh ever took her as his patron deity, Unas, a pharaoh who reigned in the 2300s BCE. What she is the goddess of, however, isn't known.
- Unut, alt. Wenut or Wenet, is a prehistoric Egyptian snake goddess. Originally, she had the form of a snake and was called "The swift one". She came from the fifteenth Upper Egyptian province and was worshipped with Thoth at its capital Hermopolis (in Egyptian: Wenu). Later she was depicted with a woman's body and a hare's head. She was taken into the cult of Horus and later of Ra.
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| abstract | - Unut, alt. Wenut or Wenet, is a prehistoric Egyptian snake goddess. Originally, she had the form of a snake and was called "The swift one". She came from the fifteenth Upper Egyptian province and was worshipped with Thoth at its capital Hermopolis (in Egyptian: Wenu). Later she was depicted with a woman's body and a hare's head. She was taken into the cult of Horus and later of Ra. Her name can be represented with five different hieroglyphs, but she appears rarely in literature and inscriptions. An exceptional sculpture of her has been found by American archaeologists and is probably the only one of its kind found so far. Her name was taken into the highest royal position just once in the long Egyptian history. The only king bearing her name was Unas. Her male companion is Wenenu, who was sometimes regarded as a form of Osiris or Ra.
- In Egyptian mythology, Unut is a goddess with a rabbit's head. She originated from the pre-dynastic period as divine snake also known as "the swift one". She was worshiped at Hermopolis. During the dynastic period, she got a human body and a desert hare's head. She had a bunny-headed, white-garbed hieroglyphic denoting her, but she was rarely spoken of in literature or inscription. In other words, she's obscure, but there is a hieroglyph for her. Only one pharaoh ever took her as his patron deity, Unas, a pharaoh who reigned in the 2300s BCE. What she is the goddess of, however, isn't known.
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