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                   SELKET:  
                      
                    Selket is the goddess of venomous creatures, particularly 
                    the scorpion. She is typically depicted as a human woman with 
                    a scorpion headpiece, or as a scorpion. She could punish the 
                    unrighteous with venomous stings, or, conversely, she could 
                    reward her worshippers by curing them from scorpion stings, 
                    snake bites, and poisons in general. She is one of the minor 
                    desert goddesses whose attributes were eventually assimilated 
                    by Isis. She had no temples, but apparently had a strong following 
                    of priests, and a small statue of her is one of the most memorable 
                    artifacts from the tomb of King Tutankhamon. 
                     
                   
                  
                     
                  
                     
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