Mehit
Sign in to saveMehit (also Mehyt, Mekhit) was an ancient Egyptian and Nubian lion goddess of Nubian origin.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Egyptian
- Deity.name
- Mehit
- Deity.image
- mehit.svg
- Deity.cult_center
- Nekhen Thinis
- Deity.spouse
- Onuris
- Deity.hiero
- mH-H-i-i-t:H8-B1
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Ancient Egyptian deity
- Gender
- female
- Image
- Mehit.svg
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- worshipped by
- religion of ancient Egypt
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Encyclopedic overview
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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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