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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Nechbet
Britannica 11thNECHBET (Nekhbi, Nekhebi), the vulture-goddess of El Kab, called Eileithyia by the Greeks. She gained an ascendancy as patroness of the south at the time when the two kingdoms were striving for the mastery. It is as such, in opposition to Buto the goddess of t ...
Vol. 9, pp. 53-53
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