Introduction
Nekhbet is the vulture goddess of Upper Egypt, one of the two "Two Ladies" (with Wadjet of Lower Egypt) whose protective images the pharaoh wore to symbolize rule over the unified Two Lands.
Family
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Protector of the South
Nekhbet's vulture image, worn on the royal crown alongside Wadjet's cobra, symbolized the pharaoh's protective sovereignty over both halves of Egypt; her cult center at Nekheb (modern El-Kab) in Upper Egypt made her the natural counterpart to Wadjet's Delta-based cult in the north.
Ancient Egyptian religion spanned three millennia and many regional cult centers, so parentage, roles and even gender pairings for a given deity often differ between the Heliopolitan, Hermopolitan, Memphite and Theban theological systems; the account above follows the most widely attested classical version.