Sekhmet - Lion Goddess of Egypt
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Powerful
and mighty Sekhmet
Feared goddess of war
Daughter of RA
Lady of the flame.
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With
Bast you guard the East and West
While Nekhebet and Wadjet guard the south and north
Goddess of the mountain
And of the setting sun.
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Hathor,
the Egyptian sky goddess and daughter of the sun god Ra is associated
with Sekhmet the lioness. When the aging Ra became aware that humans
were plotting against him he became enraged, as he often did, and
send the divine Eye, the powerful burning power of the sun to slaughter
them.
The
eye, in the form of Hathor, took the form of Sekhmet (yes it is
a bit complicated) and the "Powerful One" created a
bloodbath, the likes that have never been seen. She got so carried
away at her bloody task that Ra eventually had to put a stop to
it for fear that all of humankind would be exterminated.
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