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Maahes (also spelled in Greek: Mihos, Miysis, Mios, Maihes, or Mahes) ( Greek: Μαχές, Μιχός, Μίυσις, Μίος, or Μάιχες) was an ancient Egyptian lion -headed god of war, [ 1] whose name means "he who is true beside her". He was seen as the son of the Creator god Ptah, as well as the feline goddess ( Bast in Lower Egypt or ...
Montu is usually depicted as a falcon-headed man, adored with two tall plumes on a sun disk. Montu was a falcon -god of war in the ancient Egyptian religion, an embodiment of the conquering vitality of the pharaoh. [ 1 ] He was particularly worshipped in Upper Egypt and in the district of Thebes.
Aker – A god of Earth and the horizon [ 3] Amun – A creator god, patron deity of the city of Thebes, and the preeminent deity in Egypt during the New Kingdom [ 4] Anhur – A god of war and hunting [ 5][ 6][ 7] Aten – Sun disk deity who became the focus of the monolatrous or monotheistic Atenist belief system in the reign of Akhenaten [ 8]
In early Egyptian mythology, Anhur (also spelled Onuris, Onouris, An-Her, Anhuret, Han-Her, Inhert) was a god of war who was worshipped in the Egyptian area of Abydos, and particularly in Thinis. Myths told that he had brought his wife, Mehit, who was his female counterpart, from Nubia, and his name reflects this—it means ' (one who) leads ...
The political influence of a city could affect the importance of its patron deity. When kings from Thebes took control of the country at start of the Middle Kingdom (c. 2055 –1650 BC), they elevated Thebes' patron gods—first the war god Montu and then Amun—to national prominence. [78]
In Egyptian mythology, Sekhmet ( / ˈsɛkˌmɛt / [ 1] or Sachmis / ˈsækmɪs /, from Ancient Egyptian: 𓌂𓐍𓏏𓁐, romanized : Saḫmat[ 2][ 3]; Coptic: Ⲥⲁⲭⲙⲓ, romanized: Sakhmi ), is a warrior goddess as well as goddess of medicine. Sekhmet is also a solar deity, sometimes given the epithet 'the eye of Ra'. She is often ...
Set (/ s ɛ t /; Egyptological: Sutekh - swtẖ ~ stẖ [a] or: Seth / s ɛ θ /) is a god of deserts, storms, disorder, violence, and foreigners in ancient Egyptian religion. [6]: 269 In Ancient Greek, the god's name is given as Sēth (Σήθ). Set had a positive role where he accompanies Ra on his barque to repel Apep (Apophis), the serpent ...
Resheph (also Reshef and many other variants, see below; Eblaite 𒀭𒊏𒊓𒀊, Rašap, Ugaritic: 𐎗𐎌𐎔, ršp, Egyptian ršpw, Phoenician: 𐤓𐤔𐤐, ršp, Hebrew: רֶשֶׁף Rešep̄) was a god associated with war and plague, originally worshiped in Ebla in the third millennium BCE. He was one of the main members of ...