Sekhmet

Lioness goddess of war and plague; furious Eye of Ra.

Parentage

• parent: Ra

Children

• Nefertem

Domains

• war
• plague healing

Powers

• Massacring rebellious humanity as Ra's vengeance
• Loosing and arresting plague by her arrows

Epithets

• nbt ꜥnḫ-tꜣwy egyptian · nebet ankh-tawy · cultLady of Ankh-tawy (Memphis); the lioness consort of PtahMemphite temple texts; Sekhmet litany statues of Amenhotep III (primary)
• sḫmt egyptian · Sekhmet · cultThe Powerful One (the very name); the raging power of the solar EyeThe Book of the Heavenly Cow (Destruction of Mankind) (primary)
• nbt nrw egyptian · nebet neru · cultLady of terror; the fierce goddess of plague and of healingcf. Edwin Smith and magico-medical papyri (the priests of Sekhmet, wabw Sḫmt) (secondary)

Relations

• sibling: BastetFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Ra) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: HathorFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Ra) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: MaatFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Ra) per the figures' cited genealogy.

Sources

• existence: Book of the Heavenly Cow (primary)