SEKHMET, the “Powerful One”, Warrior Goddess of Life and Healing

Sekhmet was originally the warrior goddess as well as goddess of healing for Upper Egypt. She is depicted as a lioness, the fiercest hunter known to the Egyptians. It was said that her breath created the desert. She was seen as the protector of the pharaoh and led them in warfare.
MYTHOLOGY MEME - [3/?] EGYPTIAN GOD/GODDESSES: SEKHMET
“I am the dark goddess who shows the way
Who strides like a lion in the darkness.”



