She was often called “Hedjet” (White Crown) in reference to the crown
of Upper Egypt and regularly appears as a heraldic device representing
Upper Egypt. She was also a protector of royal children and, in later
periods, of all young children and expectant mothers.
References in the Pyramid Texts (from the Fifth Dynasty)
confirm that Nekhbet was also considered to be a creator goddess with
the epithet “Father of Fathers, Mother of Mothers, who has existed from
the beginning, and is Creator of this World”.
She was represented on the
king’s Nemes headdress as a vulture or a snake and from the Fourth
Dynasty vulture headdress for great royal wife.
Like most Egyptian deities, Nekhbet also had a darker side. She was associated with the “Eye of Ra”,
along with a great number of goddesses, and was often depicted hovering
above the pharaoh in battle offering him protection and threatening his
enemies."
AncientEgyptOnline
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