Sekhet

Family: Egyptian gods · Role: goddess · First appears: The Legend of the Destruction of Mankind · Chapter I · Part 2

Life events

• Sekhet went forth and slew the men and women there.(The Legend of the Destruction of Mankind · Chapter I · Part 2 · 📍 the mountain)
  • “Thereupon this goddess went forth and slew the men and the women who were on the mountain (or, desert land).”
• Sekhet waded in the blood of the slain.(The Legend of the Destruction of Mankind · Chapter I · Part 2 · 📍 Suten-henen)
  • “And it came to pass that Sekhet of the offerings waded about in the night season in their blood, beginning at Suten-henen.”
• Ra arranged for beer mixed with mandrakes and blood to be poured where Sekhet had slaughtered people.(The Legend of the Destruction of Mankind · Chapter I · Part 2 · 📍 Abu)
  • With: Ra
  • “And the Majesty of this god spake [saying], ‘Let these messengers go to Abu, and bring unto me mandrakes in great numbers;’ and [when] these mandrakes were brought unto him the Majesty of this god gave them to Sekhet, the goddess who dwelleth in Annu (Heliopolis) to crush.”
• Sekhet drank the beer and blood, became drunk, and stopped attending to people.(The Legend of the Destruction of Mankind · Chapter I · Part 2)
  • “And it came to pass that when this goddess arrived at the dawn of day, she found these [Heavens] flooded [with beer], and she was pleased thereat; and she drank [of the beer and blood], and her heart rejoiced, and she became drunk, and she gave no further attention to men and women.”
• Ra, Sekhet, Thoth, and Heka protect Osiris by their magical power.(The Legend of the Death of Horus through the Sting of a Scorpion · Incantations against Reptiles and Noxious Creatures · Part 2)
  • With: Ra Thoth Heka Osiris
  • “Hail, ye who dwell in the water, crocodiles and fish, Ra shutteth up your mouths, Sekhet stoppeth up your throats, Thoth cutteth out your tongues, and Heka blindeth your eyes. These are the four great gods who protect Osiris by their magical power, and they effect the protection of him that is on the water, of men and women of every kind, and of beasts and animals of every kind which are on the water by day.”

The Legend of the Death of Horus through the Sting of a Scorpion · Incantations against Reptiles and Noxious Creatures · Part 2

• protégé: Osiris “Hail, ye who dwell in the water, crocodiles and fish, Ra shutteth up your mouths, Sekhet stoppeth up your throats, Thoth cutteth out your tongues, and Heka blindeth your eyes. These are the four great gods who protect Osiris by their magical power, and they effect the protection of him that is on the water, of men and women of every kind, and of beasts and animals of every kind which are on the water by day.”

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Extracted from the original text of Legends of the Gods. Made with Rho MD.