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Sekhmet was considered the wife of the god Ptah and mother of his son Nefertum. She was also said to be the mother of the lion-headed war god, Maahes. She was also considered to be the sister of the cat goddess Bastet. [8] The lion-headed goddess Sekhmet is the most represented deity in most Egyptian collections worldwide.
The Egyptians held that this sacred lioness was responsible for the annual flooding of the Nile, [4] the most significant contributing factor to the success of the culture. Sometimes with regional differences in names, a lioness deity was the patron and protector of the people, the king, and the land.
The name is rendered in Phoenician as 𐤀𐤁𐤎𐤕, [7] romanized: ’bst, or 𐤁𐤎𐤕, [8] romanized: bst. Wadjet-Bastet, with a lioness head, the solar disk, and the cobra that represents Wadjet. What the name of the goddess means remains uncertain. [6]
The statues are a depiction of the goddess Sekhmet showing her lioness features from head to toe. The statues feature the fierce eye of the sun god Re and its jaw structure the goddess is known for. The goddess has violent characteristics that can cause destruction and illness. Sekhmet's name means "who is powerful".
Laura Olivas/Getty Images. This unique name of Hebrew origin has a soft sound and a tender meaning of “miracle of God.” 11. Eira. The meaning of this Welsh moniker is “snow” but it’s ...
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The name "Taweret" means "she who is great" or simply "great one", a common pacificatory address to dangerous deities. [1] The deity is typically depicted as a bipedal female hippopotamus with feline attributes, pendulous female human breasts, the limbs and paws of a lion, and the back and tail of a Nile crocodile. She commonly bears the ...
d3sign/Getty Images. 11. Dennis. This oldie-but-goodie is begging for a comeback. It has Greek origins stemming from Dionysus, who was the mythological god of vegetation and fertility, and ...