Unut

with the hare of the goddess UnutHer name can be represented with five different hieroglyphs, but she rarely appears in literature and inscriptions. Her name was taken into the highest royal position just once in the long Egyptian history. Her male companion is Wenenu, who was sometimes regarded as a form of Osiris or Ra. The only king bearing her name was Unas. == Iconography ==

Unut is commonly portrayed as a woman with the head of the desert or Cape hare, Lepus capensis of Egypt. The Egyptians regarded the hare as an example of swiftness, alertness, and keen senses, but the animal’s form was also taken by certain underworld deities. Amulets made in the shape of the hare may have related to some aspect of the creature’s nature or may have been symbolic of this goddess. ==References==