Pakhet
Sign in to saveIn Egyptian mythology, Pakhet, Egyptian Pḫ.t, meaning she who scratches (also spelt Pachet, Pehkhet, Phastet, and Pasht) is a lioness goddess of war.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Egyptian
- Deity.image
- File:Pakhet.svg
- Deity.caption
- This image contains some artistic liberties, such as the color of the dress so that Wikipedia readers can tell it apart from the rest of the Egyptian Deities.
- Deity.image_upright
- .5
- Deity.cult_center
- Minya Speos Artemidos
- Deity.hiero
- p:x-t:l
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Ancient Egyptian deity
- Part of
- Egyptian mythology
- Gender
- female
- Image
- Pakhet.svg
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- Commons category
- Pakhet
- worshipped by
- Egyptian mythology
- name in hiero markup
- p:x-t:E23
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Origin and mythology
- Temples near al Minya
- Coffin text incantation
- References
- External links
In Egyptian mythology, Pakhet, Egyptian Pḫ.t, meaning she who scratches (also spelt Pachet, Pehkhet, Phastet, and Pasht) is a lioness goddess of war.
==Origin and mythology==
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