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'House of Horus', Ancient Greek: Ἁθώρ Hathōr, Coptic: ϩⲁⲑⲱⲣ, Meroitic: 𐦠𐦴𐦫𐦢 Atari) was a major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion who played a wide variety of roles. As a sky deity , she was the mother or consort of the sky god Horus and the sun god Ra , both of whom were connected with kingship, and thus she ...
Sekhmet was considered the wife of the god Ptah and mother of his son Nefertum. She was also said to be the mother of the lion-headed war god, Maahes. She was also considered to be the sister of the cat goddess Bastet. [8] The lion-headed goddess Sekhmet is the most represented deity in most Egyptian collections worldwide.
Maahes (also spelled in Greek: Mihos, Miysis, Mios, Maihes, or Mahes) (Greek: Μαχές, Μιχός, Μίυσις, Μίος, or Μάιχες) was an ancient Egyptian lion-headed god of war, [1] whose name means "he who is true beside her".
Ancient Egyptian deities were an integral part of ancient Egyptian religion and were worshiped for millennia. Many of them ruled over natural and social phenomena, as well as abstract concepts [1] These gods and goddesses appear in virtually every aspect of ancient Egyptian civilization, and more than 1,500 of them are known by name. Many ...
Egyptian war goddess Neith wearing the Deshret crown of northern (lower) Egypt, which bears the cobra of Wadjet. In some ancient Egyptian creation myths, Neith was identified as the mother of Ra and Apep. [38] When she was identified as a water goddess, she was viewed as the mother of Sobek, the crocodile. [39]
Dancing played an important role in the lives of the ancient Egyptians. However, men and women are never depicted dancing together. [1] [2] The trf was a dance performed by a pair of men during the Old Kingdom. [3] Dance groups were accessible to perform at dinner parties, banquets, lodging houses, and even religious temples.
In the 1960s it has been argued that the Hindu goddess Kālī, who is first attested in the 7th century CE, shares some characteristics with some ancient Near Eastern goddesses, such wearing a necklace of heads and a belt of severed hands like Anat, and drinking blood like the Egyptian goddess Sekhmet and that therefore that her character might ...
Meret was a token wife occasionally given to Hapy, the god of the Nile flood. Her name being a reference to this, meaning simply the beloved . As token wife, she was usually depicted with the same associations as Hapy, having on her head either the blue lotus for Upper Egypt , or the papyrus plant for Lower Egypt .