“Cobras don't.”
A Faience immortal of The Two Lands
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The cobra of Buto, protectress of Lower Egypt, rearing on the king's brow as the uraeus, ready to spit fire at his enemies. One half of the Two Ladies, with Nekhbet the vulture. She does not blink. Cobras don't.
She rears on the king's brow tonight, hood spread, ready to spit fire. She has been ready for three thousand years.
She will strike at the king's enemies for as long as there are kings. The fire does not go out.
“The serpopards' necks came unknotted overnight. The priests found them in the morning reknotted — tighter, the guards said, and facing the other way. The Two Lands, untied while no one watched, retied themselves. Nobody ordered it. Nobody wants to think about who did.”
The Two Lands came untied while no one watched, and retied themselves.
Nome gods, household gods, temple cults — the gods people actually meet: potters, weavers, midwives, protectors, and the lioness you do not cross.
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