MAAHES and Apedemek [1]

 

Excerts from MAAHES-Wikipedia, the free dictionary

 

MAAHES (also spelled Mihos, Miysis, Mios, Maihes, and Mahes) was an ancient Egyptian lion-headed god of war, whose name means "HE WHO IS TRUE BESIDE HER". He was seen as the SON OF THE FELINE GODDESS (Bast in Lower Egypt and Sekhmet in Upper Egypt) who nature he shared. MAAHES was a diety associated with war and weather, as well as that of knives, lotuses, and devouring captives. His cult was centered in TEREMU and PER-BAST.

 

As lion-god and patron, he was also considered the son of RA and of BAST, the feline goddess and patron of lower Egypt as well as Sekhmet, the lioness was goddess and patron of Upper Egypt.

 

Considered to have powerful attributes, feline dieties were associated with PHARAOHS, and became patrons of Egypt.  The male lion was used in words such as "PRINCE", "MASHEAD", "STRENGTH", and "POWER".

 

 

 

 

Excerts from Ancient Meroe: Nubian lion-god Apedemek

 

Hundreds of kilometers south of the Sphinx, exsist NUBIA, in what today is called Sudan. Apedemek, "THE LORD OF ROYAL POWER," was a Nubian lion god, and at the Apedemek Temple at Naqa, south of Moroe, reliefs show Apedemek worshipped by the royal family.

 

The lion of ancient times was also a symbol of wisdom.  King Solomon was at times symbolized as a lion.  IN THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS (10: 19-20) Solomon's throne is described: "The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays (handrests) on either side on the place of the seat and two lions stood beside the stays.  And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps there was not like made in any kingdom."

 

THE LION WAS THE EMISSARY OF THE SUN, SYMBOLIZING LIGHT, TRUTH, REGENERATION, AND A GOD OF FERTILITY.

 

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