Geography/Culture: Africa: Egyptian (26.58n x 27.01e).
Linguistic Note: is it possible that English: shade, shadow, etc., could be related words or are they accidentally homophonic?
Description: Multiple Goddess of luck, destiny and intelligence; She Who is born with a girl child; She Who grows with, shadows and accompanies women thoughout life; all women have their Shait; She Who at death speaks on the soul's behalf before Maat, Turth, to render exact account in preparation for the conditions of a new life; Guardian Spirit of women; She Who ordains the length of women's lives and the nature of their deaths.
In New Kingdom tombs the black shadow of the deceased is sometimes shown leaving the tomb accompanied by eris soul-bird, the ba.
To Whom Sacred: {a person's shadow}; the pillars of balance.
Male Associates: Thoth. Perhaps Her male conterpart, perhaps consort: Shai, What-is-ordained. Just as all women have their Shait, all men have their Shai.

Titles/Variants, etc:
• The Roman Juno, {Shining-One}, and Genius might perhaps be modeled on the Shait and Shai or Egypt.
• Seemingly related to Meshkhent, The-Plaice-Where-One-Delivers, since Meshkhent's consort is Shai.
• Shait's name is often coupled with Renenet, Lady-of-the-Double-Granary, of Whom it has been said She and the god Shai finally became indistinguishable.
• Transliteration variant: (or Her masculine form): Shai.