Sekhmet

Sekhmet
Sekhmet with head of lioness and a solar disk/sun disk and uraeus on her head
Major cult center	Memphis, Leontopolis
Symbol	Sun disk, red linen, lioness
Consort	Ptah
Offspring	Nefertem
Parents	Ra

Nínú Àwọn ìtàn-àkọọlẹ ara Egypt, Sekhmet ( /ˈsɛkˌmɛt/ tàbíSachmis ( /ˈsækmᵻs/), láti Àdàkọ:Lang-egy; Àdàkọ:Lang-cop), jẹ́ jagunjagun òrìṣà àti Oníṣègùn oogun òrìṣà. Sekhmet jẹ́ òrìṣà tí oòrùn, nígbà mìíràn à ń pè ní ọmọbìnrin tí òrìṣà Ra bí àti pé ó nigba mìíràn ó ní nkán ṣẹ pẹ̀lú àwọn òrìṣà Hathor àti Bastet.

Ẹ tún lè wo

• Tefnut
• List of solar deities
• List of war deities
• List of health deities
• Lion

Bibliography

• Germond, Philippe (1981) (in fr). Sekhmet et la protection du monde. Editions de Belles-Lettres. 
• Hoenes, Sigrid-Eike (1978) (in de). Untersuchungen zu Wesen und Kult der Göttin Sachmet. R. Habelt Verlag. 
• Pope, Marvin H.; Röllig, Wolfgang (1965). "Syrien: Die Mythologie der Ugariter und Phönizier". In Haussig, Hans Wilhelm (in de). Götter und Mythen im Vorderen Orient. Stuttgart, Germany: Ernst Klett Verlag. pp. 217-312. 
• Pope, Marvin H. (1977). Song of Songs. The Anchor Bible. 7C. New York City, United States: Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-00569-2. 
• von Känel, Frédérique (1984) (in fr). Les prêtres-ouâb de Sekhmet et les conjurateurs de Serket. Presses Universitaires de France. 
• Vycichl, Werner (1983). Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte. Leuven, Belgium: Peeters Publishers. ISBN 978-2-801-70197-3. https://archive.org/details/dictionnairetymo0000vyci. 

External links

• Ancient Egypt: the Mythology - Sekhmet
• "Egyptian Temple Yields 17 Statues of Lion-Headed Goddess" Archaeologists working in Luxor, Egypt, have unearthed 17 statues of an ancient Egyptian goddess with the head of a lion and the body of a woman. 14 March 2006