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 * __Glossary of Terms for Ancient Egyptian Religion__**


 * 1) Polytheism - the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods.
 * 2) Monotheism - the doctrine or belief that there is only one god.
 * 3) Myth - the doctrine or belief that there is only one god.
 * 4) Temple - an edifice or place dedicated to the service or worship of a deity or deities.
 * 5) Worship - reverent honour and homage paid to [|god] or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
 * 6) Deity - a god or goddess.
 * 7) Mythology - the science or study of myths.
 * 8) Mummification -to make (a dead body) into a mummy, as by embalming and drying.
 * 9) Egypt - an ancient kingdom in NE Africa: divided into the Nile Delta (Lower Egypt) and the area from Cairo S to the Sudan (Upper Egypt).
 * 10) Sekhmet- Egyptian Mythology a blood-thirsty goddess, sometimes identified with Hathor, who attempted to destroy humankind.

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 * Key Points from Encyclopedia Britannica**
 * 1) The lion-headed fire- or sun-goddess.
 * 2) Associated with war, pestilence, and flames.
 * 3) The wife of Ptah and mother of Nefertum and Iemhetep she was also a cosmetic architect.They were all worshiped as a triad of gods in the city of Memphis.
 * 4) Sekhmet was usually depicted as a woman with the head of a lioness and naked human breasts, or wholly as a lioness. Occasionally, however, she was portrayed as a male deity with an erect penis.
 * 5) ====Sekhmet character was both destructive and benifical because she may heal the sick and then spread desiase, as a goddes of war she would bring forth fear in the enimes.====

[Bibliography] Encyclopedia Britanica. (2010, August 25). //sekhmet//. Retrieved August 25, 2010, from Encyclopedia Britanica : []=
 * Key Points form Facts on File**
 * A lioness headed goddess-D
 * wife of ptah and mother of Nefertum and Iemhetep-F
 * In the Delta she was associated with the cat goddess, Bastet-R
 * Woman with a feline head, wearing the solar disk and a uraeus.-D
 * the hot desert was also known as the hot breath of Sekhmet-R
 * She was the pharaohs enemies destroyer because she was a powerful war goddess-R

Include Bibliography Entry - facts on file. (2002). //ancient and medievil history online//. Retrieved August 27, 2010, from facts on file: @http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE49&iPin=EEGY1696&SingleRecord=True


 * Key Points from Books**
 * they called her dangerous goddess or the eye of re in fury-R-D
 * main function was todestroy the enemies of her creator and avoid chaos-R
 * she can adopt the appearance of bastet-D
 * the people would give her praises because they thought they would lose the annual cycle wouldn't come back.-R

BIBLIOGRAPHY-Beler, A. G. (2004). //Egyptian mythology.// Singapore : Grange Books.


 * Top TEN Key Points**

Sekhmet was a Goddess of power, war and also courageous. She used her power for beneficial and destructive sometimes she would heal the sick and then spread a bad disease and also bring forth fear in the Pharaohs enemies this was because on of her powers were war, and using the sun or the eye of Re in fury. she wore a solar disk or uraeus on her head. She was a goddess that had a head of a lioness, many people thought she was a woman with a lionesses head where as others believed she was a man with an erect penis. The city of Memphis worshipped her, many of the villagers worshiped her because they thought she would bring forth bad luck and their annual cycles would be destroyed.
 * 1) She is a goddess of power this is shown by her lioness head and is associated with the God Re using the sun for either good or bad deeds
 * 2) she is the Pharaohs enimey destroyer because of her Power and unique war goddess power.
 * 3) Sekhmet character was both destructive and beneficial because she may heal the sick and then spread disease, as a goddess of war she would bring forth fear in the enemies.
 * 4) The wife of Ptah and mother of Nefertum and Iemhetep she was also a cosmetic architect.
 * 5) the hot desert was also known as the hot breath of Sekhmet.
 * 6) The people of Memphis would worship her because they thought their annual cycle would not come back.
 * 7) she has the power to adopt the appearance of the goddess Bastet
 * 8) she had many names the powerful one, the dangerous Goddess and the eye of Re in fury.
 * 9) Sekhmet was usually depicted as a woman with the head of a lioness and naked human breasts, or wholly as a lioness. Occasionally, however, she was portrayed as a male deity with an erect penis.
 * 10) Woman with a feline head, wearing the solar disk and a uraeus.


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