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  • Sekhmet was not a god but a goddess.
  • The modern name Sekhmet is from hieroglyphs sxmt, related to the words for powerful, power and mighty.
  • Sekhmet is portrayed as a woman with a lion's head, sometimes with a sun disk on her head.
  • Sekhmet's main cult centre was at Memphis, where she was called "The Destroyer" alongside Ptah and Nefertum, forming a triad.
  • In various guises she was a terrifying and harsh goddess of war and destruction who could strike enemies with plagues, or a protectress who could ward off plagues and heal the sick. She was patron of doctors.
  • Her association with lions may point to her origins being south of Egypt in Nubia.
  • Sekhmet is an extremely ancient goddess with titles such as Lady of the Place at the Beginning of Time, One Who Was Before the Gods Were and Mother of All the Gods.

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