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TopicHomestuck General Discussion: Of White (Gray) Rabbits and Enchantments
SovietOmega
06/17/12 3:56:00 PM
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and on a whim i dipped into the forums and found someone taking about an interesting connection between uu/UU and Ses hat and Thoth from egyptian mythology.

"First we have Ses hat. Of note from her wiki page:

She is frequently shown dressed in a cheetah or leopard hide, a symbol of funerary priests. If not shown with the hide over a dress, the pattern of the dress is that of the spotted feline. The pattern on the natural hide was thought to represent the stars, being a symbol of eternity, and to be associated with the night sky.

Ses hat assisted the pharaoh in the "stretching the cord" ritual. This ritual is related to laying out the foundations of temples and other important structures in order to determine and assure the sacred alignments and the precision of the dimensions. Her skills were necessary for surveying the land after the annual floods to reestablish boundary lines. The priestess who officiated at these functions in her name also oversaw the staff of others who performed similar duties and were trained in mathematics and the related store of knowledge.

After the pairing with Thoth the emblem of Ses hat was shown surmounted by a crescent moon, which, over time, degenerated into being shown as two horns arranged to form a crescent shape, but pointing downward (in an atypical fashion for Egyptian art). When the crescent moon symbol had degenerated into the horns, she sometimes was known as Safekh-Aubi, meaning she who wears the two horns.[7] In a few images the horns resemble two cobras, as depicted in hieroglyphs, but facing each other with heads touching.
She's also seen as a scribe and to have invented writing, which is a kind of vague link to Calliope in greek mythology as her emblem was a writing tablet.

Her male counterpart is Thoth.

Thoth is credited with creating the calendar and is the 'reckoner of time and of seasons'.

This site suggests that Thoth and Ses hat were just aspects of each other, and that as Thoth grew more important he absorbed her roles and priesthood (no temples dedicated to her have been found, though evidence of her having priests does exist).

Also amusing- They had a child named Hornub, which is interesting considering the occasional hint of links to the sufferer. "

(and lol@ gfaqs for informing me that part of the goddess's name is a banned word. sigh)

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