Naga snake that the Phoenician sons of Kush were born, whose kings, like those of Egypt, wore the Uraeus snake as a sign of royal authority.
As might be expected in the case of a queen who personified Isis, frequently represented under the form of a "woman-serpent," the uraeus is a favorite motif on other gold ornaments belonging to the Ethiopian queen.
Idem, to which a single uraeusand a wing are attached.
Their kings, like those of Egypt, wore the uraeus serpent as a sign of royal authority and made this the emblem of kingly rank in countries so widely distant from one another as India and Egypt.
It is suggestive of four-fold rule and power to find, on a bas-relief found at the ancient holy city Pasargada, the Persian king Cyrus represented with four wings and a diadem with two uraeus serpents like that of Egyptian kings.
Lord of enlargement of heart, lordly in manifestations, Lord of the uraeus crown, with lofty double plume; Fair of diadem, with lofty white crown!
The diadem was on his [Piankhy's] head, the uraeus was giving forth its terror; there was no ceasing for many days in praying to his divine crown.
The heart of the uraeus goddess is glad, The enemies of her lord are overthrown; The gods of Kheraha are in acclamation, The dwellers in the sanctuaries are in obeisance; They behold him mighty in his power.
I will play thee three games, and stake the sacred circlet upon my brow, against the Royal uraeus on thine, and the winner shall wear both.
If I lose,' she said, 'never may I wear the uraeus crown.
Then she rose, and calling her ladies, was attired in her most splendid robes, and caused the uraeus crown to be set upon her head, the snake circlet of power on her brow, the snake girdle of wisdom at her heart.
Then she thrust her way through the Guards, and yet holding the body of the child to her breast, she stood before them with eyes that flashed more brightly than the uraeus crown upon her brow.
And she rose, and standing full in the light of the lamps, the Royal uraeus on her brow, she mocked him, bidding him come do homage to her who had won his crown, and stretching forth her small hand for him to kiss it.
The human-headed uraeus is seldom bearded; and the best example of such a monster is on an Ethiopian temple, where a great uraeus has human arms and a lion's head.
All wisdom is in the mouth of thy majesty; Thy uraeus is on thy forehead, thou drivest away the miserable.
The uraeus became the symbol of divinity and royalty, a symbol worn by the gods and the kings.
In the temples Sarapis was figured as a mummy with a high crown and plaited beard; or, as Asar-Hapi, he was represented as a bull, with the solar disk and uraeus between his horns.
Set is represented by his usual animal, but Horus by an uraeus serpent and the same symbol as that on the plaque (de Morgan, Recherches sur les Origines de l'Egypte, i.
As we learn from the legend of Seb recounted at At-Nebes (Saft el-Henna), the two relics preserved there were the uraeus and lock of hair of Ra.
Horus was the hawk, Nekheb the vulture, Uazit of Buto the deadly uraeus snake.
It is possible that the latter may be connected with the hawk-headed crocodile, with the orb of the sun on its head and an uraeus serpent at the end of its tail, which in Greek graffiti at Philae is called Ptiris.
In one of them the uraeus has the human head of the official deity; in another it stands on the top of a shrine; but on one (given in pl.
All these experiments seem to prove that the bite of the uraeus serpent, whose image on the Egyptian crown symbolizes the sovereign's instant power over life and death, stills the heart most swiftly and with the least suffering.
Take the Uraeus crown from my head," he continued aloud, as he seated himself at the feast.
The respective legs of this table were indicated by differently shaped uraei outlined on the floor, the head of each being extended in the direction of the similar uraeus twined round the leg.
He rose as the child Horns, grew by midday to the hero Ra, who conquered the Uraeus snake for his diadem, and by evening was an old Man, Tum.
She was the daughter of Ra, and in the form of the Uraeus on her father's crown personified the murderous heat of the star of day.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "uraeus" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: coronet; crown; diadem; ermine; orb; purple; regalia; rod; scepter; seal; signet; tiara
