I know very little about the roles of ancient Egyptian deities, the influence of their numerous cults, or how much they varied over the enormous timespan of "Ancient Egypt." In fact I know very little about Neith at all and really have no clue about how relevant she was to Ancient Egyptian religion, and during which periods.
But it did strike me that she seems to have an exceptionally busy cabinet portfolio, so to speak, which made me curious about how common it was for Egyptian deities and their cults to have influence over such a wide range of topics.
Moreover, is thinking of these deities as having strictly defined roles, with each being responsible for certain aspects of life and death, actually a particularly useful framework? I could imagine that in reality there would be enormous overlap between the roles of various cults and deities depending on who, where, and when you were in Ancient Egypt.
The development of gods in ancient Egypt (in particular) was kind of haphazard. They were great at coming up with them but terrible with their editing đ. Also, most ancient cultures (say, especially before writing) revered the goddess as the creatress of all. With indo-european conquests and incursions all over (including Egypt) and their eventual institution of the idea kingship (which first came about as part of the sacred âmarriageâ ceremony in goddess-worshipping communities), the power of females (literally what they used to be able to do living as a woman to what it developed to) greatly declined. So, with gods and goddesses in ancient Egypt- itâs important to look at when they were worshipped (and especially at how a god or goddess was worshipped over time.) Many that worshipped the great goddess (and female goddesses as manifestations of her and high priestesses as her proxy) didnât want to let go of their ancient traditions. So some goddesses âstayedâ in history and what they ruled over but they were basically slid under a male gods/consort shadow.