NEITH
No.
1
GODDESS
OF
THE
MOTHER
GODDESS
GNOSTIC
SOCIETY
Why
the
Goddess
Neith?
Neith
was
the
patron
of
war,
impartiality,
and
the
funeral
bier
and
mummification
wrappings.
Neith
was
seen
as
a
woman
who
carried
weapons
of
war,
which
were
usually
the
bow
and
arrow.
Neith
was
also
a
Goddess
of
the
domestic
arts
and
weaving.
During
Old
Kingdom
times
Neith
was
a
deity
of
war
and
would
be
invoked
by
soldiers
for
the
protection
of
their
weapons.
These
weapons
were
generally
consecrated
to
the
Goddess
Neith.
During
the
New
Kingdom
though
Neith
was
more
closely
associated
with
the
Funerary
rites,
as
mummy
wrappings
were
called
“Gifts
of
Neith”.
At
times
Neith
was
considered
the
Creator
Goddess
who
gave
birth
to
the
Universe
even
though
she
had
no
consort,
she
is
one
of
only
a
few
Goddesses
who
was
to
be
given
this
ability.
This
is
why
we
chose
her
as
the
No.
1
Goddess
as
she
had
a
dual
nature
of
Mother
Goddess
and
Protector
of
the
Dead.
There
is
an
inscription
at
her
temple
in
Egypt,
which
states
“I
am
all
that
has
been,
that
is,
and
that
will
be”.
(I
do
believe
that
this
inscription
really
adds
to
the
point
of
Neith
being
the
Creator
Goddess).
She
can
sometimes
be
seen
in
Egyptian
art
wearing
the
crown
of
the
North
on
her
head,
a
sceptre
in
one
hand
and
the
ankh
in
her
other
hand.
(The
Ankh
is
an
Egyptian
Symbol
which
signifies
LIFE).
This
also
suggests
more
to
the
Creator
Goddess
Theory.
Sage
Robert
Worrall
©2004
Mother
Goddess
Gnostic
Society