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'Maahes, God of War and Protection, The Leonine Lord of Slaughter'. The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt.

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Homer William Smith, Man and His Gods, 1952 p.20) etc. Egypt: Temple of the Whole World : Studies in Honour of Jan Assmann, Brill 2003, ISBN 90-04-13240-6, p.106), Set (cf. Erik Hornung, The Secret Lore of Egypt: Its Impact on the West, 2001, p.6), Wepwawet (cf.

^ The epithet was used for many Egyptian gods: Thoth (cf.

^ Erman, Adolf & Grapow, Hermann: Wörterbuch der Aegyptischen Sprache., Im Auftrage der Deutschen Akademien, Berlin: Akademie Verlag (1971), II., p.12.

Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses, Devils and Demons. The male lion hieroglyphic was used in words such as 'prince', 'mashead', 'strength', and 'power'. Ĭonsidered to have powerful attributes, feline deities were associated with the pharaohs, and became patrons of Egypt. Maahes was said to fight Ra's archenemy, the serpent Apep, during Ra's nightly voyage. He was sometimes identified with another son of Sekhmet, Nefertum. Maahes was considered the son of Ra with the feline goddess Bastet, or of another feline goddess, Sekhmet. Some Egyptologists have suggested that Maahes was of foreign origin indeed there is some evidence that he may have been identical with the lion-god Apedemak worshipped in Nubia and Egypt's Western Desert.

The first recorded reference to Maahes is from the New Kingdom. Some of the titles of Maahes were Lord of Slaughter, Wielder of the Knife, and The Scarlet Lord. The name of Maahes begins with the hieroglyphs for the male lion, although in isolation it also means (one who can) see in front.

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