Sekhmet

Pantheon: Egyptian
Titles: Lady of the Bright Red Linen, Lady of the Flame, The Powerful One
Alternate Names/Spellings: Sakhmis, Sechmet, Sekhair, Sekhaiut, Sekhautet, Sekhem
Gender: Female

Sekhmet is a goddess of Battle, Courage, Destruction, Revenge, and War. Her sacred animals include Cats, Lions, and other felines. Gold and Red are Sekhmet's sacred colours, and she represents the direction South. Her sacred stone is cat's eye. She may be the destructive aspect of either Bastet or Hathor. Sekhmet is the consort of Ptah, and mother to Nefertem. She was worshipped with them at Memphis.

In art, Sekhmet appears as a lion-headded goddess with the solar disc and/or the uraeus on her head.

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