🐍☀️ December 25th (Going Forth of Wadjet Singing)

🐍☀️ December 25th (Going Forth of Wadjet Singing)
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The Oracle of Wadjet at Buto

Wadjet was worshipped at Buto, once called Per-Wadjet where there was also a famous oracle.

Only royalty and priests were allowed to enter the temples. Ordinary Egyptians could only go as far as the temple gates.

The sacred statues of the gods, such as Wadjet, were only seen during the time of the festivals when statues were removed from the temple and ceremoniously placed on gilded ceremonial barques, equipped with long poles that were carried on the shoulders of their priests.

The statue formed the central focus point of the grand processions of standard bearing Egyptian soldiers, priests, musicians, singers and dancers.

The people would enjoy the spectacle of the procession and celebrate with feasting but were also able to ask for divine guidance. A 'Yes-No' question was written on papyrus and passed to a priest who was believed to be the voice of the god and was the mouth-piece of the Oracle of Wadjet.

There were several festivals dedicated to the goddess:

🐍☀️ March 14 (Feast of Wadjet)
🐍☀️ April 21st (Festival of Wadjet)
🐍☀️ May 1st (Month of Wadjet)
🐍☀️ June 21st (Ceremony of Wadjet)
🐍☀️ July 2nd (The Wadjet Eye Has Returned Complete)
🐍☀️ December 25th (Going Forth of Wadjet Singing)

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