Sekhmet

Sekhmet
Sekhmet with head of lioness and a sun disk and uraeus on her head
Name in hieroglyphs
S42Aa1
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Major cult centerMemphis, Leontopolis
SymbolSun disk, red linen, lioness
ParentsRa (Or Self Created In Memphis)
ConsortPtah
OffspringNefertem, Maahes, Imhotep (later accounts)

In Egyptian mythology, Sekhmet (/ˈsɛkˌmɛt/[1] or Sachmis /ˈsækmɪs/, from Ancient Egyptian: 𓌂𓐍𓏏𓁐, romanizedSaḫmat[2][3]; Coptic: Ⲥⲁⲭⲙⲓ, romanized: Sakhmi) is a warrior goddess as well as goddess of medicine.

Sekhmet is also a solar deity, sometimes given the epithet 'the eye of Ra'. She is often associated with the goddesses Hathor and Bastet.

  1. ^ "Sekhmet". Dictionary.com. Random House. 2012.
  2. ^ Vycichl 1983, p. 203.
  3. ^ Loprieno 1995, pp. 59–63.

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