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Mert-Sekert the Coalbra
Meretseger
The
Nightmare RreignOwner: Sekhmet
Age: 2 weeks, 1 day
Born: June 12th, 2026
Adopted: 2 weeks, 1 day ago
Adopted: June 12th, 2026
Statistics
- Level: 1
- Strength: 10
- Defense: 10
- Speed: 10
- Health: 10
- HP: 10/10
- Intelligence: 13
- Books Read: 13
- Food Eaten: 0
- Toys Played: 0
- Job: Hay Hauler
Meretseger was a cobra goddess, and figurines of Meretseger were often put into tombs for protection against grave robbers. She was believed to poison or blind anyone who committed a crime against the dead. Meretseger also hunted those who made false oaths.
To the just, Meretseger was a benevolent deity, providing protection against serpents in the underworld. Meretseger was also a merciful deity toward those who atoned and healed their injuries, provided that she was convinced of their remorse.
Since the first syllable of her name was the same as that in the word “pyramid,” it was thought that Meretseger lived on top of the pyramid-shaped mountain which overlooked the Valley of the Kings, where the pharaohs' tombs were located. She was known as the "Lady of the Peak."
Meretseger’s hieroglyphics was sometimes written with a single letter - a cobra. The serpent and scorpion were among the few creatures to inhabit the remote desert sites and these were seen, therefore, as fitting symbols of the manifestation of this goddess.
One hymn, written by a man who committed a crime, was bitten by a cobra, and recovered, goes thus: "I give praise to the Lady of the Peak, kissing the ground to her spirit. I give praise; hear my invocation! I was an ignorant man and witless, not distinguishing good from bad. I made the mistake of transgressing against the goddess, so she chastised me with her hand. I called out to my Mistress, and found her coming to me as sweet as the breeze. She forgave me after she had made me see her hand. She turned round to me in mercy; the Lady of the Peak is merciful when she is called upon."
Credits
❖ Story by Sekhmet with information from these sources
❖ Background photo from Hasmik Ghazaryan Olson
❖ Profile by Balloon