Sekhmet
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In Egyptian mythology, Sekhmet is a warrior goddess as well as goddess of medicine.
Wall relief of Sekhmet, Temple of Kom Ombo
This golden cultic object is called an aegis. It is devoted to Sekhmet, highlighting her solar attributes. Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
Bastet
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Bastet or Bast, also known as Ubasti or Bubastis, is a goddess of ancient Egyptian religion, possibly of Nubian origin, worshipped as early as the Second Dynasty. In ancient Greek religion, she was kn
Sekhmet
…goddess of medicine. Sekhmet is also a solar deity, sometimes given the epithet "the eye of Ra". She is often associated with the goddesses Hathor and Bastet. Sekhmet is the daughter of the sun god, Ra, and is among the more important of the goddesses in the Egyptian Pantheon. Sekhmet acted as the vengeful…
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Statue of Bastet holding a sistrum
Bastet, Albert Hall Museum, Jaipur, India
An Eighteenth Dynasty burial artifact from the tomb of Tutankhamun (c. 1323 BC), an alabaster cosmetic jar topped with a lioness representing Bastet — Cairo Museum