Nekhbet is among the oldest Goddesses of Egypt and addressed as the “mother of all mothers” as she has existed from the start with the origin of time. She is also known to be the Goddess of vultures. Vultures are considered as protectors and also have a connection when one talks of dead people. Nekhbet was a protector of the pharaoh and his queen and children.

Nekhbet is often pictured as a woman with a vulture’s head, wearing a white crown and with her wings spread over the king. She is also considered as the mythical mother of the pharaoh. Nekhbet is also the patron goddess of Upper Egypt which she adopted. Her sister Wadjet, assumed the form of a cobra and was the goddess of Lower Egypt. Together both Nekhbet and Wadjet ruled the entire Egypt and their union was referred as “Two Ladies”.

Nekhbet is represented as the white scavenger vulture as she is believed to prey on the dead and dying. Like many Egyptian Gods and Goddesses, Nekhbet also had a darker side to her personality. She was called the “Eye of the Ra” as she used to spread her wings over the pharaoh during war and protect him by scaring his enemies.

There is another myth which talks of Nekhbet protecting Osiris during his birth. Due to this myth, she is also worshipped by pregnant women to protect their children and is associated with fertility. As Nekhbet was called the protector of the pharaohs, their queens were considered as Nekhbet’s incarnations and were supposed to wear crowns and headdresses that were linked to her image.