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- proper noun mythology An
Ancient Egyptian goddess ofviolence depicted as having alion 's head.
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Examples
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Chloe caught the name Sekhmet once or twice, but that was about it.
The Stolen CELIA THOMSON 2003
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Chloe caught the name Sekhmet once or twice, but that was about it.
The Stolen CELIA THOMSON 2003
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I work, on occasion, with Sekhmet, who is not to me a symbol of modern women's empowerment, but something huge and distant and remote.
Howard Hughes vs. the Amazon Sales Rank mevennen 2009
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You were like Sekhmet, dancing in a rain of blood.
Shadow Chase Seressia Glass 2010
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You were like Sekhmet, dancing in a rain of blood.
Shadow Chase Seressia Glass 2010
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He needs a soul for a soul so Sekhmet thinking the witch Jenna killed her parents offers her up.
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In protest, the priests of Sekhmet have urged parents to keep their children at play on the banks of the Nile and not to worry about the occasional crocodile.
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Sekhmet coming to life would not be a pleasant experience.
A day at the Field Museum! (updated) « Skulls in the Stars 2007
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Cats - invariably female - were Egyptian symbols for female sexuality and the recreative force, embodied in such goddesses as Bast (Bastet) and the powerful and ancient lioness-headed Sekhmet (Sakhmet), an aspect of equally ancient goddess Hathor (Het-hert), often depicted as a cow-headed woman.
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At the close of Das Rheingold, Wotan and Fricka don headdresses of gods he identified as Sekhmet and Anubis.
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