Maahes
An Egyptian god with the head of a lion.
↻ synthesized from 9 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Ancient Egyptian religion.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Nandi, Narasimha, Ox-Head, Penghou, Pratyangira, Set, Tikbalang, Tumburu, Varaha, Zhu Bajie, Wadjet, Hathor, Sekhmet, Nefertum, Mut, Bast, Khonshu, Nekhbet, Neith, Thoth, Ptah, Horus, Sobek, Khepri, Amun, Bes, Geb, Atum, Onuris, Shu, Apis, Bennu, Min, Montu, Heru-ur, Nefertem, Im-ho-tep, Minotaur, Cynocephalus, Daksha, Ganesha, Hayagriva, Horse-Face, Keibu Keioiba, Isis, Ra, Anubis, Bastet, Khnum, Aten, Aker, Osiris
- syncretized with
- Apedemak
- enemy of
- Apep
Mentioned by
- Minotaur
- Cynocephalus
- Daksha
- Ganesha
- Hayagriva
- Horse-Face
- Keibu Keioiba
- Isis
- Ra
- Anubis
- Bastet
- Khnum
- Aten
- Aker
- Osiris
- Ptah
and 6 more
Sources
Source passages
“Maahes, Pakhet, Sekhmet, and Tefnut – Each of these Egyptian gods has the head of a lion.”
#4714 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Later she became the cat goddess that is familiar today. She was then depicted as the daughter of Ra and Isis, and the consort of Ptah, with whom she had a son, Maahes.”
#10858 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Maahes at Wikimedia Commons Caroline Seawright, Maahes, God of War and Protection, The Leonine Lord of Slaughter”
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“During the Greek dominance in Egypt, note was made of a temple for Maahes that was an auxiliary facility to a large temple to Sekhmet at Taremu in the Delta region, a city which the Greeks called Leontopolis.”
#14103 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The lion was considered a manifestation of the god Maahes, son of Bastet. In 2019, five lion mummies were found at the necropolis.”
#17870 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001