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Deshret, from ancient Egyptian, was the formal name for the Red Crown of Lower Egypt and for the desert Red Land on either side of Kemet, the fertile Nile river basin. When combined with the Hedjet (White Crown) of Upper Egypt, it forms the Pschent (Double Crown), in ancient Egyptian called the ''sekhemti''. The Red Crown in Egyptian language hieroglyphs eventually was used as the vertical letter "n" . The original "n" hieroglyph from the Predynastic Period, and the Old Kingdom was the sign depicting ripples of water. ==Significance== In mythology, the earth deity Geb, original ruler of Egypt, invested Horus with the rule over Lower Egypt.〔Ewa Wasilewska, ''Creation Stories of the Middle East'', Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2000, p.128〕 The Egyptian pharaohs, who saw themselves as successors of Horus, wore it to symbolize their authority over Lower Egypt.〔Toby A. H. Wilkinson, ''Early Dynastic Egypt'', Routledge 1999, p.194〕 Other deities wore the ''deshret'' too, or were identified with it, such as the protective serpent goddess Wadjet and the creator-goddess of Sais, Neith, who often is shown wearing the Red Crown.〔George Hart, ''The Routledge Dictionary Of Egyptian Gods And Goddesses'', p.100〕 The Red Crown would later be combined with the White Crown of Upper Egypt to form the Double Crown, symbolizing the rule over the whole country, "The Two Lands" as the Egyptians expressed it.〔Ana Ruiz, ''The Spirit of Ancient Egypt'', Algora Publishing 2001, p.8〕 As concerns ''deshret'', the Red Land which comprised the deserts and foreign lands surrounding Egypt, Seth was its lord.〔John D. Baines, Byron Esely Shafer, Leonard H. Lesko, David P. Silverman, ''Religion in Ancient Egypt: Gods, Myths, and Personal Practice'', Cornell University Press 1991, p.93〕 It was considered a region of chaos, without law and full of dangers. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Deshret」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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