In Egyptian mythology Sekhmet, also spelled Sakhmet, Sekhet, or Sakhet, is a warrior goddess, daughter of Ra; she was the wife of Ptah, the god of artisans; and the mother of lotus god Nefertum. She is depicted as a lioness.

Her name means: “She who is powerful” or “the One who loves Ma’at”, she is the goddess of the hot desert sun, plague, chaos, war, and healing.

When Ra became angry that humanity was not following his laws and preserving Ma'at (balance or justice), he sent an aspect of his daughter, the 'Eye of Ra', to earth in the form of a lion. The result was Sekhmet, who laid waste to the Earth: she liked her blood and flooded the world with it.

However, Ra was not a cruel god, and seeing the carnage he regretted her decision and ordered her to stop, but her bloodlust was so strong that she would not listen. So, Ra poured 7,000 mugs of ale and pomegranate juice (the last of which dyed the beer blood red) on his way. She gorged herself so much on the "blood" that she got drunk and slept for three days. When she awoke, her bloodlust was quenched and humanity was saved.

She was seen as the protector of the pharaohs and guided them. She was a terrifying goddess, yet to her friends she could ward off plagues and cure diseases. She was the patroness of doctors and healers.

She normally has a long-stemmed lotus flower on her right hand, and her head is crowned by a large solar disc, and a uraeus, a serpent form associated with the Egyptian pharaohs.

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