Net, aka Nit or Neith is the Egyptian goddess of weaving with a shuttle and loom, of textiles; Sais is her city, which was not always called Sais. It was known as the Abode of Net.
Net was associated with Spiders and Bees.
Good source: « Le Culte de Neit à Saïs » par Dominique Mallet (1888).
"Neith the MYSTERIOUS Egyptian Spider Goddess."
Wouldn't she be impressed by this internet (which is under threat)?
Net
Old English net "open textile fabric tied or woven with a mesh for catching fish, birds, or wild animals alive; network; spider web," also figuratively, "moral or mental snare or trap," from Proto-Germanic *natjo- (source also of Old Saxon net, Old Frisian nette, Old Norse, Dutch net, Swedish nät, Old High German nezzi, German Netz, Gothic nati "net"), perhaps originally "something knotted," from PIE root *ned- "to bind, tie." But Boutkan says it has no clear IE etymology and implies it might be a substrate word.
While Net is popular in Lower Egypt, Amunet and Mut, goddesses of the Upper Egyptians syncretize with her almost identically.
Neith with Red Crown from Pantheon Egyptien (1823-1825). Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
A representation of the Egyptian Goddess Neith as a woman with an emblem of a shield with crossing arrows over her head, holding an Ankh and the Was scepter as she was depicted in The Tomb of Nefertari, 1255 BCE. This image contains some artistic liberties so that Wikipedia readers can tell her apart from the rest of the Egyptian Deities.
IMO this image does not show the shield and arrows, but a form of the shuffle-loom and weaving symbol over her head.
Neith illustration from Pantheon Egyptien (1823-1825) by Leon Jean Joseph Dubois (1780-1846). Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
"House of Bee" designation of the temples of the goddess Neit in Sais; 26th Dynasty.
Also, note the term nswt-bjtj is a title that means "of the Sedge and Bee" and also means "Ruler of Upper (Sedge) and Lower (Bee) Egypt." See Prenomen.
Other interesting things related to Net:
"Piazza di Minerva, Rome, Italy" photograph taken between 1890 and 1900. Obelisk from Sais.
The other obelisk from Sais, Urbino (1969).
"Neith: The Mysterious Case of Venus's Moon."
This feed on the internet, aka the web, is woven together to connect this mountain of ideas formed in my neural network.