Tradition / Region: Egyptian mythology
Alternative names: Heru-Skhait
Category: Cow, Deity
The Myth
Heru-Skhait is an Egyptian cow goddess associated with the protection of Isis and Horus. She is depicted in Egyptian inscriptions as a divine cow who protects and watches over the goddess and her son.
Sources
Budge, E. A. W. (1920). An Egyptian hieroglyphic dictionary : with an index of English words, king list and geological list with indexes, list of hieroglyphic characters, coptic and semitic alphabets, etc. (p. 95) J. Murray.