The cobra goddess of Buto in the northern marshes, patroness of Lower Egypt and protector of the king; with the vulture Nekhbet she forms the Two Ladies of the royal Nebty name, and as the rearing cobra at the royal brow she is the uraeus itself. The novels name the crown cobra by the goddess rather than by the Greek word.
How royal names worked
Crowns of the Amarna Age
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