Menhit | ||||||||
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Nubian lioness goddess of war and the Sun | ||||||||
Menhit on the left with Khnum on the right, shown on the outside wall of the temple at Esna | ||||||||
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Consort | Khnum | |||||||
Offspring | Heka | |||||||
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Egyptian equivalent | Sekhmet | |||||||
Igbo equivalent | Anyanwu | |||||||
Mesopotamian equivalent | Inanna |
Menhit /ˈmɛnˌhɪt/ (also known as Menhyt, and Menchit) was originally a Nubian lion goddess of war in the Kingdom of Kush, who was regarded as a tutelary and sun goddess.[1] Her name means either "she who sacrifices" or "she who massacres."[2] As Menhit, she is associated with the sun, but as Mekhit, she is associated with the moon.[3]
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page).