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Menhit, the Glossary

Menhit (also known as Menhyt, and Menchit) was originally a Nubian lion goddess of war in the Kingdom of Kush, who was regarded as a tutelary and sun goddess.^[1]

20 relations: Anyanwu, Esna, Eye of Ra, Heka (god), Inanna, Khnum, Kingdom of Kush, Lower Egypt, Lunar deity, Neith, Nome (Egypt), Nubia, Ra, Sekhmet, Shu (Egyptian god), Solar deity, Tutelary deity, Upper Egypt, Uraeus, Wadjet.
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Lion goddesses
Nubian goddesses
Tutelary goddesses

Anyanwu

Anyanwu (anyaanwū, meaning "eye of the sun" in Igbo) is the sun goddess of the good fortune, knowledge, and wisdom in the traditional Igbo religion called Odinala. Menhit and Anyanwu are solar goddesses and tutelary goddesses.

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Esna

Esna (إسنا, jwny.t or tꜣ-snt; ⲥⲛⲏ or Snē from tꜣ-snt; Λατόπολις Latópolis or πόλις Λάτων (Pólis Látōn) or Λάττων (Lattōn); Latin: Lato) is a city of Egypt.

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Eye of Ra

The Eye of Ra or Eye of Re, usually depicted as sun disk or right wedjat-eye (paired with the Eye of Horus, left wedjat-eye), is an entity in ancient Egyptian mythology that functions as an extension of the sun god Ra's power, equated with the disk of the sun, but it often behaves as an independent goddess, a feminine counterpart to Ra and a violent force that subdues his enemies. Menhit and Eye of Ra are Egyptian goddesses and solar goddesses.

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Heka (god)

Heka (ḥkꜣ(w); Coptic:; also transliterated Hekau) was the deification of magic and medicine in ancient Egypt.

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Inanna

Inanna is the ancient Mesopotamian goddess of love, war, and fertility. Menhit and Inanna are Lion goddesses and war goddesses.

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Khnum

Khnum, also romanised Khnemu (ẖnmw, Χνοῦβις), was one of the earliest-known Egyptian deities in Upper Egypt, originally associated with the Nile cataract. Menhit and Khnum are Nubian goddesses.

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Kingdom of Kush

The Kingdom of Kush (Egyptian: 𓎡𓄿𓈙𓈉 kꜣš, Assyrian: Kûsi, in LXX Χους or Αἰθιοπία; ⲉϭⲱϣ Ecōš; כּוּשׁ Kūš), also known as the Kushite Empire, or simply Kush, was an ancient kingdom in Nubia, centered along the Nile Valley in what is now northern Sudan and southern Egypt.

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Lower Egypt

Lower Egypt (مصر السفلى) is the northernmost region of Egypt, which consists of the fertile Nile Delta between Upper Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea, from El Aiyat, south of modern-day Cairo, and Dahshur.

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Lunar deity

A lunar deity or moon deity is a deity who represents the Moon, or an aspect of it. Menhit and lunar deity are lunar goddesses.

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Neith

Neith (Νηΐθ, a borrowing of the Demotic form nt, likely originally to have been nrt "the terrifying one"; also spelled Nit, Net, or Neit) was an early berber deity that was worshipped by Libyans as well as ancient Egyptians alike She was adopted from Libya (or She was a divinity of the local Libyan population in Egypt in Sais where her oracle was located. Menhit and Neith are Egyptian goddesses and war goddesses.

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Nome (Egypt)

A nome (from νομός, nomós, "district") was a territorial division in ancient Egypt.

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Nubia

Nubia (Nobiin: Nobīn) is a region along the Nile river encompassing the area between the first cataract of the Nile (south of Aswan in southern Egypt) and the confluence of the Blue and White Niles (in Khartoum in central Sudan), or more strictly, Al Dabbah.

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Ra

Ra (rꜥ; also transliterated,; cuneiform: ri-a or ri-ia; Phoenician: 𐤓𐤏,CIS I 3778 romanized: rʿ) or Re (translit) was the ancient Egyptian deity of the Sun.

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Sekhmet

In Egyptian mythology, Sekhmet (or Sachmis, from 𓌂𓐍𓏏𓁐|translit. Menhit and Sekhmet are Egyptian goddesses, Lion goddesses, solar goddesses and war goddesses.

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Shu (Egyptian god)

Shu (Egyptian šw, "emptiness" or "he who rises up") was one of the primordial Egyptian gods, spouse and brother to the goddess Tefnut, and one of the nine deities of the Ennead of the Heliopolis cosmogony.

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Solar deity

A solar deity or sun deity is a deity who represents the Sun or an aspect thereof. Menhit and solar deity are solar goddesses.

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Tutelary deity

A tutelary (also tutelar) is a deity or a spirit who is a guardian, patron, or protector of a particular place, geographic feature, person, lineage, nation, culture, or occupation.

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Upper Egypt

Upper Egypt (صعيد مصر, shortened to الصعيد,, locally) is the southern portion of Egypt and is composed of the Nile River valley south of the delta and the 30th parallel N. It thus consists of the entire Nile River valley from Cairo south to Lake Nasser (formed by the Aswan High Dam).

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Uraeus

The Uraeus or Ouraeus (Ancient Greek: Οὐραῖος,; Egyptian: jꜥrt, "rearing cobra", plural: Uraei) is the stylized, upright form of an Egyptian cobra, used as a symbol of sovereignty, royalty, deity and divine authority in ancient Egypt.

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Wadjet

Wadjet (wꜢḏyt "Green One"), known to the Greek world as Uto (Οὐτώ) or Buto (Βουτώ) among other renderings including Wedjat, Uadjet, and Udjo, was originally the ancient Egyptian local goddess of the city of Dep or Buto in Lower Egypt, which was an important site in prehistoric Egypt. Menhit and Wadjet are Egyptian goddesses and tutelary goddesses.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menhit

Also known as Menchit, Menhyt.