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{{Infobox deity
| type = Egyptian
| name = Repyt
| cult_center = [[Athribis|Hut-Repyt]]
| spouse = [[Min (god)|Min]]
| image = Athribis Tempel (E4) Repit.jpg
| caption = Repyt depicted in the temple of Athribis
| offspring = [[Kolanthes]]
}}{{Ancient Egyptian religion}}
'''Repyt''', or '''Repit''', was an [[ancient Egypt]]ian goddess.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VWxekbhM1yEC&q=Renpet&pg=PT915|title=Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities|last1=Coulter|first1=Charles Russell|last2=Turner|first2=Patricia|date=2013-07-04|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781135963972|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-6EJ0G-4jyoC&q=Repyt&pg=PR4 | title=Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt: Facts on File library of world history, Revised Edition | date=2009 | first=Margaret R | last=Bunson | publisher=Infobase Publishing| isbn=9781438109978 | page=149 }}</ref> Typically, she was portrayed as one of the lioness goddesses of Egypt.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4adtAAAAQBAJ&q=Repyt&pg=RA2-PA20|title=Deshasheh, Diospolis Parva, Athribis|last1=Petrie|first1=William Matthew Flinders|last2=Griffith|first2=F. Ll|last3=Mace|first3=Arthur Cruttenden|date=2013-09-19|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9781108066198|language=en}}</ref> Her husband was [[Min (god)|Min]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Gardiner|first=Alan H. |author-link=Alan H. Gardiner |title=The Supposed Athribis of Upper Egypt |journal = Journal of Egyptian Archaeology |volume=31 |date =December 1945 |pages=108–111 |doi=10.1177/030751334503100117 |jstor=3855394 |s2cid=192222399 }}</ref>
During the late period of [[ancient Egyptian religion]], a child deity, [[Kolanthes]],<ref>Institute for Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations (IANES), ''[https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/university/news-and-publications/press-releases/press-releases/article/egyptologists-suspect-cliff-sanctuary-in-athribis/ Egyptologists suspect cliff sanctuary in Athribis: Team from the University of Tübingen and the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities discovers Ptolemaic temple]'',  University of Tübingen, November 11, 2024 (with several images)</ref> <ref>Jarus, Owen, ''[https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/2-100-year-old-temple-from-ancient-egypt-discovered-hidden-in-cliff-face 2,100-year-old temple from ancient Egypt discovered hidden in cliff face]'', Live Science, December 2, 2024</ref> was identified as her son.
In ancient times there was a town named Hut-Repyt, where her temple was sited approximately 200 kilometers north of [[Luxor]]. Later, the town was renamed as Athribis by the Greeks when it began to grow in importance. The site was excavated by [[Flinders Petrie]] in 1900. Now called Wannina, the site lies on the west bank of the Nile approximately 10 kilometers southwest of Sohag.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://egyptsites.wordpress.com/2009/02/12/wannina/|title=Wannina|date=2009-02-12|work=Egyptian Monuments|access-date=2018-03-19|language=en-US}}</ref> Modern excavations in the area have been conducted since 2012.
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