Sekhmet is the daughter of the sun god, Ra, and is among the more important of the goddesses in the Egypt… See more

During an annual festival held at the beginning of the year, a festival of intoxication, the Egyptians danced and played music to soothe the wildness of the goddess and drank great quantities of beer and wine rit… See more

The first known unambiguous reference to Sekhmet has been found in mortuary complex of Nyuserre Ini of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt. She seems to have been a comparatively minor figure in the old kingdom be… See more

In the 1960s it has been argued that the Hindu goddess Kālī, who is first attested in the 7th century CE, shares some characteristics with some ancient Near Eastern goddesses, such wearing a necklace o… See more