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Menhit
| Menhit | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||||||||
| Name in hieroglyphs |
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| Consort | Khnum | |||||||
| Offspring | Heka | |||||||
| Equivalents | ||||||||
| 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]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Wilkinson 179was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Farid, Mona; Fekri, Magdi Mohamed; Abd-elaal, Magdi Ismail (Hesham Ezz-eldin). "Archeological Study of Wild Animals in the New Kingdom". University of Sadat. ResearchGate. Retrieved 2023-09-07
- ^ Mark, Joshua J. (2016-04-14). "Egyptian Gods - The Complete List". WorldHistory.org. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
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