Nekhbet

the Great White Vulture, Goddess of royal protection, divine motherhood, and the spiritual power enshrined in the crown of the South. Together with Wadjet, she forms the sacred duality of the Two Ladies (Nebty), the complementary energies that govern the Land of the Nile.

Nekhbet is the white vulture Goddess of Upper Egypt, protectress of the pharaoh and of divine mothers.
With her wings she enfolds the living, bringing blessing, wisdom, and spiritual power.

The name Nekhbet comes from Nekhbet, the sacred city of Upper Egypt (near modern-day El Kab), where the Goddess was venerated since predynastic times.
She represents the maternal power of the South, the celestial and protective aspect of the Goddess who embraces and nourishes.

Nekhbet appears as a white vulture with outstretched wings, hovering above the pharaoh’s crown and holding in her talons the ankh and the shenu — symbols of life and eternal protection.
She is the celestial mother who protects not only the sovereign but also the unborn, the soul, and creation itself.

Together with Wadjet, the cobra Goddess of the North, she forms the Two Ladies (Nebty) — the duality that unites Upper and Lower Egypt, masculine and feminine, heaven and earth, fire and air.
They represent the balanced power of divine sovereignty, the guardianship of both earthly and spiritual authority.

Nekhbet, as a vulture, is not a symbol of death but of rebirth and purification:
the vulture, which feeds upon what has died, transforms and returns to life that which has passed.
She is therefore the Transmuting Mother, who regenerates and purifies the human being on the spiritual path.

In the initiatory tradition, Nekhbet is the guardian of pure souls and the Goddess of higher protection.
She watches over the rituals of birth, death, and rebirth, enfolding with her wings those who walk the path of light.