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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.
Some references associate this goddess as Pakhet-Weret-Hekau, (Weret Hekau meaning she who has great magic), implying the association with a goddess such as Hathor or Isis. Another title is Horus Pakhet ; the presence of many mummified hawks at the site would further the association with Hathor who was the mother of Horus , the hawk, the ...
Tefnut (Ancient Egyptian: tfn.t; Coptic: ⲧϥⲏⲛⲉ tfēne) [1] [2] is a deity in Ancient Egyptian religion, the feminine counterpart of the air god Shu.Her mythological function is less clear than that of Shu, [3] but Egyptologists have suggested she is connected with moisture, based on a passage in the Pyramid Texts in which she produces water, and on parallelism with Shu's connection ...
Ariella is the female version of the gender neutral Hebrew name Ariel. Ariela is an alternative spelling. Ariel means "Lion of God" in Hebrew. Ariella may refer to: Ariella Arida (born 1988), Filipino actress, Miss Universe Philippines 2013; Ariella Azoulay (born 1962), author, art curator, filmmaker, theorist of photography and visual culture
Luna, for example, is a name from Roman mythology and is the number 10 ranked name for baby girls. Others, like Eleuthia, have never cracked the top 1,000 list of boys ’ or girl s’ names in ...
A Hindu group has gone to court in India over the naming of a lioness in a zoo after the Hindu deity Sita, calling it blasphemous and an assault on the community's religious beliefs. The Vishva ...
Believed to have origins as a Nubian goddess, Menhit is always depicted as a lioness with solar disk and a uraeus symbol. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] Coffin texts associate her with being a tutelary and solar deity. [ 1 ]
While Thoth, the god of hieroglyphs and judgment, would record the results. [30] The heart of the deceased was weighed against the feather of Ma'at , [ c ] the goddess of truth. [ 4 ] [ 15 ] [ 28 ] The feather of Ma'at symbolized the balance, and truthfulness needed to be present during one's lifetime.