protectress in English

noun
1
a female protector.
The virgin here is the protectress of those at sea, so another wall is filled with lots and lots of paintings of ships in distress, some being wrecked and some just being tossed about in terrible weather.

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1. Bastet was the protectress of women and children, and she guarded their health

2. Because he was a protectress of the Pharoah and the sun, Bastet’s animals became sacred throughout

3. Athena, in Greek religion, the city protectress, goddess of war, handicraft, and practical reason, identified by the Romans with Minerva

4. (UBasti; G/R Bastet, BuBastis) - "Devouring Lady" (from bas, to devour, with feminine ending); One of the earliest-documented Names with an appearance in Dynasty II, Bast is first and foremost a protectress; specifically of the royal house and the Two Lands

5. Bastet was the ancient Egyptian goddess of protection and cats.She was the warrior daughter and defender of Ra, who sent her to fight his archenemy Apep.As protectress, she was seen as defender of the pharaoh, after Sekhet, the lioness, and consequently of the chief god Ra.