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Some Egyptologists have suggested that Maahes was of foreign origin; [3] indeed there is some evidence that he may have been identical with the lion-god Apedemak worshipped in Nubia and Egypt's Western Desert. Maahes was considered the son of Ra with the feline goddess Bastet, or of another feline goddess, Sekhmet.
Wadjet (/ ˈ w æ dʒ ə t /; Ancient Egyptian: wꜢḏyt "Green One"), [1] known to the Greek world as Uto (/ ˈ j uː t oʊ /; Koinē Greek: Οὐτώ) or Buto (/ ˈ b j uː t oʊ /; Βουτώ) among other renderings including Wedjat, Uadjet, and Udjo, [2] was originally the ancient Egyptian local goddess of the city of Dep or Buto in Lower ...
Ammit (/ ˈ æ m ɪ t /; Ancient Egyptian: ꜥm-mwt, "Devourer of the Dead"; also rendered Ammut or Ahemait) was an ancient Egyptian goddess [2] [clarification needed] with the forequarters of a lion, the hindquarters of a hippopotamus, and the head of a crocodile—the three largest "man-eating" animals known to ancient Egyptians.
Heru-pa-kaut – A mother goddess with a fish on her head [39] Heset – Goddess of food and drink [86] Hetepes-Sekhus – A personification of the eye of Ra, also a cobra goddess [86] Iabet – Goddess of fertility and rebirth [86] Iaret – Goddess that represented the Uraeus [155] Iat – A goddess of milk and nursing [156]
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.
Shesmetet (šsm.t.t) is an ancient Egyptian goddess. She was mentioned in the Pyramid Texts [2] and was usually referred to as the deceased's mother. She was depicted as a lion or a woman with a lion's head, and thus was sometimes considered a form of Sekhmet or Bastet, but one of her epithets – "Lady of Punt" – differentiates her from them and may refer to a possible African origin.
When assuming a protective role, powerful goddesses like Isis, Hathor, and Mut assumed the form of Taweret, effectively becoming a manifestation of this goddess. Likewise, Taweret gradually absorbed qualities of these goddesses and is commonly seen wearing the Hathoric sun disc that is iconographically associated with both Hathor and Isis. [8]
Bastet (Ancient Egyptian: bꜣstt), also known as Ubasti, [a] or Bubastis, [b] is a goddess of ancient Egyptian religion possibly of Nubian origin, worshipped as early as the Second Dynasty (2890 BC). In ancient Greek religion, she was known as Ailuros (Koinē Greek: αἴλουρος, lit. 'cat').