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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 53 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NEITH , the very See also:

ancient and important goddess of See also:Sais, the See also:Greek Athene. On the earliest monuments she is represented by a See also:shield transfixed by arrows. Later she wears the See also:crown of See also:Lower See also:Egypt, and carries in her hands a See also:bow and arrows, a sign of her warlike See also:character. In the XXVIth See also:Dynasty, when a See also:line of Pharaohs sprang from Sais, she regained a prominent position, and was given many cosmogonic attributes, including the See also:title of See also:mother of Re.

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