Pakhet
deity earth Egyptian single tradition · 3
An Egyptian god with the head of a lion.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Ancient Egyptian religion.
Relationships
- syncretized with
- Bastet, Hathor, Sekhmet, Artemis (Diana)
- co occurs with
- Nandi, Narasimha, Ox-Head, Penghou, Pratyangira, Set, Tikbalang, Tumburu, Varaha, Zhu Bajie, Horus, Sekhmet, Tefnut, Heqet, Hathor, Nut, Wadjet, Mut, Nekhbet, Nephthys, Neith, Amunet, Satis, Anput, Hesat, Serket, Renenutet, Anuket, Imentet, Wosret, Ma'at, Minotaur, Anubis, Cynocephalus, Daksha, Ganesha, Hayagriva, Horse-Face, Keibu Keioiba, Khnum, Isis, Bat, Menhit
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (3)
Source passages
“Maahes, Pakhet, Sekhmet, and Tefnut – Each of these Egyptian gods has the head of a lion.”
#4715 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“I have appeared as Pakhet the Great, whose eyes are keen and whose claws are sharp, the lioness who sees and catches by night”
#16069 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Pakhet – A lioness goddess mainly worshiped in the area around Beni Hasan”
#24786 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5