AS A WARRIOR GODDESS, SHE PROTECTED THE PHARAOH AND WAS THE GUARDIAN OF THE SOUTHERN BORDERS OF EGYPT. BUT, HER MOST IMPORTANT ROLE WAS OF THE GODDESS OF INUNDATION...THE YEARLY FLOODING OF THE NILE RIVER...AND IT WAS DUE TO THIS LINK WITH THE FLOODING THAT SHE WAS ALSO KNOWN AS A FERTILITY GODDESS. BY RELEASING THE SILT, SHE ALLOWED THE CROPS TO GROW AGAIN AS WELL AS GIVE THE LIFE-GIVING WATER BACK TO THE EGYPTIANS EACH YEAR. EVENTUALLY, SATET WAS LINKED WITH HATHOR AND BECAME, NOT JUST A GODDESS OF THE FLOOD, BUT ALSO OF HUMAN FERTILITY AND LOVES AS WELL.
SATET'S TEMPLE IN ELEPHANTINE WAS ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL HOLY PLACES IN EGYPT. THE CENTER OF HER WORSHIP WAS IN THE ISLAND OF SAHAL, TWO MILES SOUTH OF ELEPHANTINE.
BY THE WAY, IF YOU DON'T HEAR FROM ME UNTIL MONDAY, NOT TO WORRY. I SEEM TO HAVE PICKED UP THE GOOGLE VIRUS ON MY HOME COMPUTER. HOPEFULLY, IT WILL BE RECTIFIED OVER THE WEEKEND BECAUSE I WILL MISS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
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