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Qetesh, The Holy One

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Stele of Qadesh - Louvre Museum, CC BY-SA 2.0 FR, via Wikimedia Commons

Qetesh or Qadash is an epithet that means Holiness, Blessed, or the Holy One. Icons of her show the familiar symbols of a triangle, lion, lotus, snake, Eye of Ra and crescent. Despite being found in Egypt, she was imported from another culture: "she is considered an Egyptian deity influenced by religion and iconography of Canaan." Note that in the early seventeenth century BCE the Hyksos controlled a large part of Eygpt. Thus, further clues about Magna Mater must be sought elsewhere in the sands of time.

Source - The "Holy One" by Johanna Stuckey

Source - Wikipedia

As "qadesh" is an epithet, not a name, it is not clear which Canaanite goddess She is. She may be an aspect of either Asherah, Anat, or Ashtart or She may represent a combination of Asherah, Anat, and Ashtart.

Source - The Deities in the Myths of Ugarit

Stele of Qadesh - Louvre Museum, CC BY-SA 2.0 FR, via Wikimedia Commons

Limestone ostracon bearing on one side a low relief representation of Ramses 2 and cartouches: a trial-piece. On the reverse is a depiction of the goddess Qadesh. Item #1613254935 - The Trustees of the British Museum (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

Limestone stela of Qeh depicting Qadesh flanked by Min and Reshep. Item #391980001 - The Trustees of the British Museum (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

Ivory kohl-pot with kadesh figures, two tubes on oval base, with two women carved on tubes, a third woman in the round stands between, two outer women seated on lions. Item #886201001 - The Trustees of the British Museum (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

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