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English: Sekhmet, Egyptian Goddess, Albert Hall Museum, Jaipur Sekhmet was the daughter of the sun god, Ra, and was among the more important of the goddesses who acted as the vengeful manifestation of Ra's power, the Eye of Ra. Sekhmet was said to breathe fire, and the hot winds of the desert were likened to her breath.
The lion-headed goddess Sekhmet is the most represented deity in most Egyptian collections worldwide. Many amulets depict her image and her numerous statues abound in Egyptian art. Many of her statues can be found in museums and archaeological sites, and her presence testifies to the historical and cultural importance of this goddess.
The Sekhmet statues, dating back to the New Kingdom of Egypt during the 18th dynasty and later dynasties, are statues of the Egyptian goddess Sekhmet.. University of Pennsylvania Museum displayed black granite statue of Goddess Sekhmet excavated in Thebes in Ramesseum 1405-1367 BCE (Late 18th_Dynasty)
The Statue of Sekhmet / ˈ s ɛ k ˌ m ɛ t / [1] currently housed in the Gallery of Ancient Egypt at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is a life-sized sculpture of one of the oldest known Egyptian deities. [2] Her name is derived from the Egyptian word "sekhem" (which means "power" or "might") and is often translated as the "Powerful One". [3]
Image from a ritual Menat necklace, depicting a ritual being performed before a statue of Sekhmet on her throne where she is flanked by the goddess Wadjet as the cobra and the goddess Nekhbet as the griffon vulture, symbols of lower and upper Egypt respectively; the supplicant holds a complete menat and a sistrum for the ritual, circa 870 B.C ...
Articles relating to the goddess Sekhmet, a warrior goddess as well as goddess of healing. She is depicted as a lioness. She was seen as the protector of the pharaohs and led them in warfare. Upon death, Sekhmet continued to protect them, bearing them to the afterlife.
Hathor, who was the mother or consort of Horus and the most important goddess for much of Egyptian history, [95] exemplified this relationship between divinity and the king. [94] Female deities also had a violent aspect that could be seen either positively, as with the goddesses Wadjet and Nekhbet who protected the king, or negatively. [96]
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 21:09, 13 January 2013: 350 × 765 (264 KB): A. Parrot: Based on Traunecker 2001, p. 52, Wilkinson 2003 passim, & the discussion at Jeff Dahl's en-wiki talk page, I'm replacing all goddesses' was staffs with papyrus except in the cases mentioned or shown in Wilkinson.