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Sekhmet is the Egyptian lioness goddess of war, destruction and at the same time healing. Her name means „the Powerful.“ As the burning breath of the sun she brings war and plagues, but can just as well avert them. Her most famous myth tells how she nearly wiped out all of humankind: only when the sun god Ra tricked her with beer dyed red, which she took for blood, did she get drunk and sleep off her rage. Sekhmet embodies the two sides of divine power: destruction and rescue. Her priests were also regarded as physicians. The feared Sekhmet is depicted as a woman with a lioness’s head: symbol of her devastating yet also healing power. Good to know: Legend says she nearly wiped out humankind, until Ra tricked her drunk with beer dyed red like blood. Sekhmet is the wrathful, warlike side of the sun: yet also mistress of plagues and their cure. Sekhmet appears as a woman with a lioness's head, crowned by the sun disk. She was also called „Lady of Terror“ and „she before whom evil trembles.“
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war and destruction
Sekhmet is the wrathful, warlike side of the sun: yet also mistress of plagues and their cure.
💡 Did you know? Legend says she nearly wiped out humankind, until Ra tricked her drunk with beer dyed red like blood.
the sun disc
Sekhmet appears as a woman with a lioness's head, crowned by the sun disc.
💡 Did you know? The disc shows her origin: Sekhmet is the wrathful daughter of the sun god.
„the Powerful“
Her name means „the Powerful“; she embodies the destroying heat of the sun.
💡 Did you know? She was also called „Lady of Terror“ and „she before whom evil trembles.“
with beer dyed red
Ra flooded the fields with red beer; Sekhmet took it for blood, drank herself drunk and fell asleep.
💡 Did you know? So the murderous lioness became the gentle Hathor again.
goddess of healing
Whoever can send plagues can also avert them: Sekhmet was also patron of physicians.
💡 Did you know? Her priests were regarded as healers who could ward off disease.
as a woman with a lioness's head
Sekhmet appears as a woman with a lioness's head, crowned with sun disk and uraeus serpent.
💡 Did you know? Pharaoh Amenhotep III had hundreds of Sekhmet statues set up: many stand to this day.
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