Because of the amalgamation of the gods and goddesses in different areas , Hathor was known sometimes as the sister / wife to Horus , and in other accounts as his mother . In some tales she is the daughter of Isis and Osiris , yet still in other stories she is the mother of Ra . In poetry and at her temples in Dendera she was referred to as the Golden One and the Lady of Heaven . As Sekhmet she was thought to be a bringer of plague ( no doubt due to the wiping out of mankind thing ) and as such she became the goddess of medicine as the people tried to placate her . There are also magical connections . Statuary of her standing with the head of a lioness and the body of a woman holding magical serpent wands have been found in tombs . In Thebes the lion headed Goddess of the West , Amaunet , was the consort of Ptah , the Memphite god of the underworld . She was a primordial goddess , and part of the Ogdoad .
How do all of these various versions of Sekhmet relate to the Sphinx you ask ? It is time I think to unveil my discovery of the true origins of the Sphinx . Sekhmet , the guardian of the Amduat rules the sky from her mighty perch . Her image etched on the moon as it sets in the West is why she is known as the Lady of the West . To see her true image and the one that the Great Sphinx may have originally worn one must gaze up at the moon .
It is Sekhmet ’ s image that rules the night as the moon sets in the West .
You can see now why the God of the Sky and the Sphinx have so much in common . The moon ’ s unique ability to be visible in both the day and the night sky explains why wearing Shu ’ s headdress with its strong blue and gold stripes is fitting .
This also answers one of the
perplexing questions surrounding the parentage of Khonsu , the lunar deity of Thebes . His father was Amun , but the contradictions regarding his mother are numerous . In some tales she is Mut the sky goddess , in others the lion-headed goddess of the West , Amaunet , and in others still she is Wadjet , the cobra goddess . Those of you who read the first part of the Enigmatic Symbols of Ancient Egypt will see the correlation of Wadjet and the Sphinx being linked in this manner and also the Sphinx in Memphis ’ s serpent-like tail .
It should also be noted that the red disk that Hathor / Sekhmet wears which rests between the horns of fertility is that of the harvest moon and not the sun as it has been confused with .
Please join me next month when I discuss the unknown or misidentified hieroglyphs of ancient Egypt .
You can read more about the Sphinx and the ancient gods of Egypt in my book , Treasure of Egypt , the first book in the Treasure of the Ancients series .
To read The Enigmatic Symbols of Ancient Egypt – the All-Seeing Eye , click here , or go to Barbara Ivie Green ’ s blog to read the article .
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. . . But she is not alone .
The images at right show the Sphinx transform into the very image of what she may have originally looked like originally .
To learn more about who else claims a place on this lofty throne please see the article entitled “ The Enigmatic Symbols of Ancient Egypt – The All- Seeing Eye ” published in last month ’ s edition of Reader ’ s Rock .
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