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Neith, goddess of war and the hunt; Pakhet, a lioness huntress deity, whom the Greeks associated with Artemis; Wepwawet, god of hunting and war, along with funerary practices; Bastet, a cat goddess and natural hunter of reptiles and rodents. Greeks often associated her with Artemis, giving her the name Ailuros.
Mexican wolves and related subspecies are important to many tribes in the Southwestern United States, including the Apache,Akimel O'odham/Pima, Diné/Navajo, Hopi, and Havasupai. Several of these tribes have traditional stories, names and rituals associated with wolves. [55] [56] Further information: Mexican wolf § History
Deities depicted as wolves or whose myths and iconography are associated with wolves. Subcategories. This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. A.
Goddesses depicted as lions or whose myths and iconography are associated with lions. Subcategories This category has the following 13 subcategories, out of 13 total.
Epithet Location Notes Akuṣitum Akus [29]: Akuṣitum (also spelled Akusitum) was the epithet of Inanna as the goddess of Akus, attested in royal inscriptions of the Manāna dynasty near Kish, in a later religious text pertaining to the deities of that city, in the god list An = Anum (tablet IV, line 134), and in the name of one of the gates of Babylon.
The goddess Atropos, one of the Moirai. [6] Calu: Epithet of Śuri, [9] Etruscan infernal god of wolves, represented by a wolf. [10] Associated with Tinia and Selvans. [9] Catha, Cavtha, Cath: An Etruscan deity, god and goddess, not well represented in the art. She appears in the expression ati cath, "Mother Cath" [11] and also maru Cathsc ...
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 meaning of the epithet "Lyceus" later became associated with Apollo's mother Leto, who was the patron goddess of Lycia (Λυκία) and who was identified with the wolf (λύκος). [ 31 ] Phanaeus ( / f ə ˈ n iː ə s / fə- NEE -əs ; Φαναῖος , Phanaios ), literally "giving or bringing light"