I am a rather unusual type of goddess as I am the foremost of the very few taking care of the rare fish cult. I was originally from the city of Mendes in the sixteenth nome of Lower Egypt. I am normally seen as a woman with a fish above (or on) my head and my name means "she who is in front of the fishes". This might indicate that I am the original fish-goddess from the mythological beginning when Egypt was said to emerged out of the primeval waters at the dawn of time. I could also be represented by just a fish. The Egyptians didn't have many (if any) sacred fishes. They probably saw this source of protein from the Nile as a stable supply of food that wasn't disturbed by the fluctuating climate (floods) like agriculture and cattle breeding was.