The hippopotamus goddess of childbirth and the household, shown upright with a lion's paws and a crocodile's back, knife in hand against every threat to mother and infant; her image guarded beds, headrests, and amulets in palace and village alike, with no great temple cult of her own. Her name means 'the great one'.
The royal household
Medicine in the series’ world
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