Editing Serket (section)

== New Kingdom ==
Serket was thought to be one of the mother goddesses and was given the title, 'Serket the great, the divine mother.' <ref name=":12">{{harvnb|Wilkinson|2003|p=[https://archive.org/details/TheCompleteGodsAndGoddessesOfAncientEgypt/The%20Complete%20Gods%20and%20Goddesses%20of%20Ancient%20Egypt/page/n233/mode/2up 233]}}</ref> According to history of the Near East, the scorpion was often seen as a symbol of motherhood. As early as the [[Old Kingdom of Egypt|Old Kingdom]], Serket is said to have nursed the king. In the [[New Kingdom of Egypt|New Kingdom]] records of the birth of [[Amenhotep III|Amenophis III]] (or Amenhotep III) in the [[Luxor Temple]], and in the mortuary temple of [[Hatshepsut]], Serket is seen with [[Neith]] assisting the god [[Amun]] and the queen in the marriage bed.<ref name=":12" /> She has also appeared with [[Nephthys]] in the myth of the birth of [[Horus]] where the two goddesses assisted [[Isis]] in protecting the infant god from the bites or stings of deadly animals. In the same myth, Isis and her unborn child are protected by seven scorpions said to be emanations of Serket. <ref name=":12" />