In Egyptian mythology, Nepit was a goddess of grain, and the female counterpart of Neper. This goddess represented the prosperity of the barley and wheat crops which the ancient Egyptians cultivated. Pictured as a woman, Nepit’s body was dotted to represent grains of corn. The hieroglyphs that write her name similarly include the symbols of grain. Nepit’s mother was Renenutet.
In Egyptian mythology, Neper (also spelt Nepra) was an androgenous deification (the feminine form of his name is Nepit) of grain, a valuable commodity in ancient Egypt, which faced starvation without it.
In particular, he was especially associated with the most used types, namely barley and emmer wheat.
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