Sekhmet - The Mistress Of Dread, Goddess Of War & Divine Retribution | Egyptian Mythology Explained

The Egyptian goddess Sekhmet was a deity often associated with war, medicine fire and divine retribution. Often going by many other names, Sekhmet was one of the daughters of Ra that constituted the Eye of Ra alongside the Egyptian goddesses Mut, Bastet and Hathor. The goddess Sekhmet whose name means the powerful one in ancient Egyptian language, was often depicted as a solar deity with the head of a fierce lioness with the body of a woman wearing red clothing, and on top of her head was a solar disc and a Uraeus which linked her to the Kemetic kingship and the goddess Wadjet. In Egyptian mythology, Sekhmet also known as Sachmis by the people of Kemet, was the goddess of war that led the pharaoh’s armies to wars, she protected the pharaoh against his enemies and played a major role the celestial life of Egyptian pharaohs. At the city of Memphis, she was viewed as the consort of Ptah, and the mother of the gods Nefertum and Maahes. The lion goddess Sekhmet was often linked with the cat-headed godd