Sekhmet and Hathor

It's been a while since I talked about any Egyptian gods. Beyond the Ennead figures, Sekhmet and Hathor figure prominently in many Egyptian stories.

Sekhmet is a duality goddess, much like Parvati and Kali. In her nicer form, she is Hathor, loyal and wifely. In her angry form, she is Sekhmet, lioness, drinker of blood. (Yes. We have a cat named Sekhmet. She is our meek, mild, doesn't use her claws cat. This is ironic.)

The most famous story of Sekhmet is one where she goes beserk and starts murdering the mortals of the world. She is given some beer and quieted down, to stop the whole sale slaughter.

Sometimes, she is portrayed as the daughter of Ra, sometimes as an outsider. Scholars tend to believe that she is an example of the Egyptian tend to absorb gods into a religion to unify the country.

Mirrored from Writer Tamago.