Uraeus - Uraeus

Japanese: ウラエウス - うらえうす
Uraeus - Uraeus

...But had two cities, one was the sacred city with the temple of Wadjet, and the other was the royal capital of Horus, where Isis purified Horus and prepared him for the battle against Set as the successor of Osiris. Wadjet became the sacred serpent Uraeus as the royal deity of Northern Egypt by combining with Osiris, and shone on the crown of the pharaoh as the immortal guardian deity. The red crown, inherited from Neith, became the eternal symbol of the kingship of the Lower Egyptian Delta region.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Uraeus" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ブトは二つあり,一つはウアジェト神殿のあった聖なる町,他はホルスの王都で,イシスがホルスを清めオシリスの後継者としてセトとの戦いに身支度をさせた所。ウアジェトはオシリスと結びつくことにより,北エジプトの王室神として聖蛇ウラエウスUraeusとなり,王冠上に輝きファラオの不滅の守護神となった。またネイトよりひきついだ赤王冠は下エジプト・デルタ地帯の王権の永遠の象徴となった。…

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