{"id":86,"date":"2022-02-18T14:05:05","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T14:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/?p=86"},"modified":"2022-02-24T00:30:14","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T00:30:14","slug":"menat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/menat\/","title":{"rendered":"Menat (Menit, Menyat)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/menat-symbol.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-153\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Menat&nbsp;is Goddess Hathor&#8217;s emblem. It is also known as Menyat or Menit. It was a ceremonial object, a beaded wide collar or necklace with a crescent-shaped front piece and a heavy counterpoise at the back to keep it in place. Life, fertility, potency, birth, rejuvenation, and joy are all said to be associated with the Menat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Menat is a symbol of femininity in the Egyptian culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"292\" src=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/menat-goddess-hathor.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-155\"\/><figcaption>Picture showing Goddess Hathor wearing a menat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Goddess Hathor, also known as the &#8216;Great Menat,&#8217; was said to employ the Menat as a conduit through which she could convey her power. At official ceremonies, Hathor&#8217;s priests and priestesses are frequently seen holding or wearing the Menat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Menat&nbsp;is Goddess Hathor&#8217;s emblem. It is also known as Menyat or Menit. It was a ceremonial object, a beaded wide collar or necklace with a crescent-shaped front piece and a heavy counterpoise at the back to keep it in place. Life, fertility, potency, birth, rejuvenation, and joy are all said to be associated with &#8230; <a title=\"Menat (Menit, Menyat)\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/menat\/\" aria-label=\"More on Menat (Menit, Menyat)\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2613,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions\/2613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}