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I have one or two other ladies here “dressed as the Egyptian goddess Sehkmet”. They turned out beautifully, although I had to do some bit of surgery on them, as I have had to do on others I have rendered.

I did nothing with this image, outside of cropping, working on the lighting, etc. Other than adjust her skin tone with the lighting, I changed nothing else. She looks as if she has been sweating and the kohl the ancient Egyptians used to line their eyes has run and smeared on her face. A much different depiction of the goddess than the others.

And closer to what the character of Sehkmet was truly like, albeit not nearly close enough. She was the daughter of the sun god, Ra, the head of Egypt’s pantheon of god’s and goddesses, of which there were many. Being Ra’s daughter carried a great deal of weight and power on it’s on, Sehkmet had much power and was often depicted as a lioness-headed woman. In these depictions, she wears the sun disc on her head, as she is the defender of the sun; the uraeus (the serpent) marks her as the Royal daughter of Ra.

Her name means “She who is powerful”. And known by many names: goddess of the hot desert sun, plague, chaos, war, and healing, Sehkmet, the Bloodthirsty, “The One Before Whom Evil Trembles”, the Destroyer.

Clearly, not someone you would want to piss off.

I don’t know why but I felt I needed to point this out. None of the ladies ‘dressed like Sehkmet’ were accurate in any way. Beautiful, yes and I’m certain the goddess was beautiful also when she was not having to be her lioness alter. Also, though she is known for her destructive, bloodthirsty nature, Sehkmet has healing powers that the Egyptians believe for all illnesses.

Description
I have one or two other ladies here “dressed as the Egyptian goddess Sehkmet”. They turned out beautifully, although I had to do some bit of surgery on them, as I have had to do on others I have rendered.

I did nothing with this image, outside of cropping, working on the lighting, etc. Other than adjust her skin tone with the lighting, I changed nothing else. She looks as if she has been sweating and the kohl the ancient Egyptians used to line their eyes has run and smeared on her face. A much different depiction of the goddess than the others.

And closer to what the character of Sehkmet was truly like, albeit not nearly close enough. She was the daughter of the sun god, Ra, the head of Egypt’s pantheon of god’s and goddesses, of which there were many. Being Ra’s daughter carried a great deal of weight and power on it’s on, Sehkmet had much power and was often depicted as a lioness-headed woman. In these depictions, she wears the sun disc on her head, as she is the defender of the sun; the uraeus (the serpent) marks her as the Royal daughter of Ra.

Her name means “She who is powerful”. And known by many names: goddess of the hot desert sun, plague, chaos, war, and healing, Sehkmet, the Bloodthirsty, “The One Before Whom Evil Trembles”, the Destroyer.

Clearly, not someone you would want to piss off.

I don’t know why but I felt I needed to point this out. None of the ladies ‘dressed like Sehkmet’ were accurate in any way. Beautiful, yes and I’m certain the goddess was beautiful also when she was not having to be her lioness alter. Also, though she is known for her destructive, bloodthirsty nature, Sehkmet has healing powers that the Egyptians believe for all illnesses.