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Mehit (also Mehyt, Mekhit) was an ancient Egyptian and Nubian lion goddess of Nubian origin.

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Egyptian
Deity.name
Mehit
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mehit.svg
Deity.cult_center
Nekhen Thinis
Deity.spouse
Onuris
Deity.hiero
mH-H-i-i-t:H8-B1

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Mehit (also Mehyt, Mekhit) was an ancient Egyptian and Nubian lion goddess of Nubian origin.

== History == In the Early Dynastic period she was depicted as a reclining lioness with three bent poles projecting from her back. In that era she appears in numerous early dynastic sealings and ivory artifacts, usually together with a representation of an Upper Egyptian shrine. Her main places of worship were Hierakonpolis and Thinis.

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