Mehit
Sign in to saveMehit (also Mehyt, Mekhit) was an ancient Egyptian and Nubian lion goddess of Nubian origin.
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- Nekhen Thinis
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- Onuris
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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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