Sekhmet's Epithets
A. Cosmos
1. Heaven/horizon
The horizon of Ra
She who is in the sky
The unique one in heaven
The great one in heaven
Mut in the horizon of heaven
Lady of the horizon
Lady of life in heaven
Lady of heaven
The all-mistress in heaven and on earth
The mistress who is in heaven
The Eastern sky
Heaven of the sanctuary
The southern pillar of the sky
She who opens the doors of heaven
2. Sun
She with multitudinous glance
She who lights up at the head of the horizontal one
Cobra of the sun disc
She who is on the head of his sun disc
She who illuminates the palace for Heru
She who illuminates the two lands with her beauty
The shining one
5. Wind
The north wind
6. Water
The flood
Lady of the Flood
7. World/Earth
Lady of the land of the day times of day
The all-mistress in heaven and on earth
B. Topography
1. Nomes
She who causes the protection of her brother in the nome of Abydos Lady of the 3rd Lower Egyptian nome
She who is amid the 12th Lower Egyptian nome
She who is above the 3rd Lower Egyptian nome
2. Locations
She who causes the protection of Wesir in the Abaton
The unique one in Memphis
The great one in Dendera
The very great one in Dendera
The mighty one in Dendera
She who sends her knife demons against the enemies of Dendera Lady of the upper mound of Amun
Lady of the Abaton and of Philae
Lady of Iwat (area near Memphis)
Lady of Kom El Hisn
Lady of Ih (unknown location)
Lady of Isu (location in the 2nd Lower Egyptian nome?) Lady of Aagt (unknown location)
Lady of Memphis
Lady of Wywy (unknown location)
Lady of Hermopolis
Lady of Wsgwtt (location?)
Lady of the house of the western mountains
Lady of Fd-nwrt (4-threat-town, unknown location)
Lady of Mnwt
Lady of Nbt (unknown location)
Lady of Nfrw (unknown location)
Lady of terror in Bubastis
Lady of the flame on Bigga
Lady of the great flame on Bigga
Lady of Rwty (unknown location)
Lady of Rhst (near Letopolis)
Lady of RXty (location near Mendes?)
Lady of Hpwty (unknown location)
Lady of the light (?) House (2nd (?) Lower Egyptian nome) Lady of Xfa (unknown location)
Lady of Letopolis
Lady of Xsft (unknown location)
Lady of SAtA (near Letopolis)
Lady of Bigga
Lady of Shrt (unknown location)
Lady of Sehel
Lady of Crocodilopolis
Lady of Stwt (9th Upper Egyptian nome?)
Lady of Byblos
Lady of the acacia town (6th Upper Egyptian nome?) Lady of Athribis
Lady of Gbst (unknown location)
Lady of TApsw (unknown location)
Lady of Tp-nf (unknown location)
Lady of Dgnwyt (unknown location)
She who is in Diospolis
She who is in the Benben house in Heliopolis
Mistress of Memphis
Mistress of Pr-mrt (3rd Lower Egyptian nome)
She who is amid Dendera
She who is amid Memphis
She who is amid Thebes
She who is amid Bubastis
She who is amid Edfu
She who is amid the Eastern Edfu
She who is amid the Pr-DADA (7th Upper Egyptian nome?) She who is amid Elkab
She who is amid Hibis
She who is amid Sais
She who is amid Assiut
She who is amid Bigga
She who six amid Athribis
She who is amid Tod
Chief of Hibis
Chief of the throne seat of Heru (=Edfu)
Chief of XAs (unknown location)
Chief of Dendera
The splendid and might one in the Ra temple (= El Tod)
Tefnut on Bigga
3. Lands, regions, people
She with great wonders in the Two Lands and in the Foreign Lands Mistress of Punt
Lady of Upper and Lower Egypt
Mistress of Nubia
Mistress of the Two Lands
Lady of Tp-n-int
Mistress of the God Lands
Lady of the Two Lands
Mistress of the Libyans
Mistress of Trt (near Punt)
She who is above the Libyans
She who protects the Two Lands
She who keeps the Two Lands alive
She who illuminates the Two Lands with her beauty
She who follows her heart in the God’s land
4. Sanctuaries
The uraeus in the house of the sistrum
Lady of the Abaton and of Philae
Lady of the palace
Lady of the pr-wr (i.e. sanctuary)
Lady of the tent
Queen of this house
She who is on the mrt mansion of King Sahure
She who is in the Benben house in Heliopolis
Mistress of the Abaton
Mistress of the library
Mistress of the house of the flame (l.e. sanctuary)
She who is amid the great temple
She who is amid the mansion of Ramses III which is united with the eternity in the domain of Amun (= Ramesseum)
She who is amid the temple of Sethos I
She who is amid the temple of Sahure
She who is above her oven in the house of life
Heaven of the sanctuary
Chief of Hr-Ma’aty
Chief of Iat-Dit (Aset temple in Dendera)
Chief of the mound of Tefnut
Chief of the pr-wr
Chief of the pr-nsr
Chief of the House of Menit
Chief of the beautiful house
Chief of the natron house
Chief of the house of the sistrum
Chief of the resting place of Tatenen (=Edfu?)
She who closes the temple so that it cannot be (re)opened (?)
She who illuminates the palace for her Heru
Sekhmet in the House of Ra
She who erects her net inside her sanctuary
5. Waters
Lady of the iSrw waters
She who is amid of iSrw
6. Directions
The Eye of Heru in the West
Lady of the West
Lady of the western desert
She who is sitting in the West
The southern one
The southern one of Sahure
She who is above the West
The eastern sky
Chief of the East
8. Other
She with great wonders in the Two Lands and in the Foreign Lands
Lady of the way
Lady of the valley
Lady of the noble place
Lady of the town
Lady of the desert
Lady of the town of her lake
Lady of all foreigners
Lady of the western desert
Lady of the great grassland
Lady of the pathway
Lady of the borders of the places
She who gives the desert valley to the one belonging to Ma’at
Each foreign land trembles because of her greatness
She who follows her heart in the valley of the Myrrh
The first one of the valley
She who is on the stone
Chief of her fortress
She who crosses the nome
She with brilliant appearance at the place of silence
C. Fauna/Flora
1. Animals
The tilapia who causes the Gods to tremble
Heavenly cow
Young lioness
Chief of the female crocodile (?)
The first snhyt snake of Tatenen
The magnificent krXt snake
The (female) ape
2. Plants
Lady of the imA trees
Lady of the two thorn acacias
D. Vegetation
1. Flood
She who opens the source
E. Development
1. Primaeval God/Goddess
The primaeval primary one
2. Child
She who emerge by being young
F. Life/Death
1. Lifetime
The persistent one
2. Other
The great living one
Lady of life
Lady of life in heaven
She who revives for herself humans after death
G. Intellectual attributes
1. Morals/Justice
Lady of Ma’at
H. Physical attributes
1. Personal strength
Lady of strength
She with mighty heart
2. Personal strength directed at enemies
The one who fights the rebellion
3. Body and Body parts
She who is standing on her tail
She with many colours
She with many forms
She with many faces
She who burns the ill-minded with her (flaming) eyes She with broad throat
Lady of the two knees
She with ideal face
She whose curls cover her breasts
She with sharp claws
She with festive decorated cheek
She whose face glows in front of her father
She with glowing face
I. Other attributes
1. Weapons
She who shoots her arrow against the enemies of Ra
2. Clothes and jewellery
Lady of the red linen
Lady of the bandage
J. Crown Goddess / Cobra
The cobra
The unique one, the uraeus of her father
She who lights up at the head of the horizontic one
Eater of fire
Uraeus
The right uraeus in her form
The great uraeus at the head of the horizontic one
The great uraeus at the head of the Ennead
The uraeus in the house of the sistrum
The uraeus on the head of the one from whom she emerged
The cobra of the one who created her
Cobra of her father
Cobra of the sun disc
She who is on the head of his sun disc
The white crown
The Upper Egyptian crown
Cobra of Ra
K. Eye goddess
Eye of Ra
Eye of Ra in all his names
Eye of Ra at his head
Eye of Ra at the head of his father
Eye of Heru in the West
Udjat
L. Ka, Ba, etc.
She with great power for the Ennead
Whose Ba is great among millions
She for who her Bas are felicitous
She whose Bas appear
She who makes her power greater than the one of the Gods
She who lets her Bas appear
M. Acting Goddess
1. Giving goddess
The woman who levies an army
2. Punishing goddess
She who writes a decree of the year of terror against her enemy
She who causes with her flame a massacre against her enemy
She who defeats the rebels
She who burns Apep with the fiery breath of her mouth
She who burns the twisted hearted
She who burns the twisted hearted with her flame
She who burns the ill-minded with her (flaming) eyes
The flame who burns his (=Seth) companions
She who sends her knife demons against the enemies of Dendera
She who shoots her arrow against the enemies of Ra
She who burns the rebels
She who defeats the Iuntiu
She who overthrows the enemies
She who destroys every enemy
She who burns the Ba of Seth with her coal pan at the place of execution
She who punishes the rebels
She who destroys the riot
She who burns the enemies
3. Helping/beneficent Goddess
She who does good deeds
She who turns to the one who calls Her name
The one you call
She whose sight makes everyone live
Of her everyone lives
She who is giving life like Ra
She who revives for herself humans after death
She who keeps the two lands alive
She who answers pleas
4. Protective Goddess
She who causes the protection of Wesir
She who causes the protection of Wesir in Abaton
She who causes the protection of all Gods
She who causes the protection of her brother in the nome of Abaton
Lady of Protection
The 4 great Gods who cause the protection of Wesir
She who rescues all Gods
The protector
She who is satisfied with what she protects
She who protects her father
She who protects the Two Lands
She who wards of evil from humanity
The protection of Ra in the morning
She who protects her son
She who wards off all evil
5. Happy Goddess
Lady of Joy
Lady of Jubilation
6. Ordering Goddess
She who writes a decree of the year of terror against her enemy
She on whose order artistry became
7. Other
She who embraces her son Heru in front of her
She who lets appear the statue of Sahure
She who crushes stone without the creation of dust
She who fills up the light-hole so that it cannot be (re)-opened
She who erects her net inside her sanctuary
N. Receiving Goddess
1. Worship
Lady of praise
2. Offerings
She to whom one brings drops of the myrrh resin
3. Other
She for whom one raises children
O. Lordship
1. Titles
The great ruler
The ruler
Queen of this house
The ruler, the mistress of rulers
2. Crowns
Lady of the uraeus
Lady of the winding snake
Mistress of the white and red crown
3. Throne
Lady of the thrones of the Two Lands
Lady of the seats
The perfect one on the throne
P. Family
1. Relationship
The eye of Ra on the head of her father
She who causes the protection of her brother in the nome of Abaton
The unique one, the uraeus of her father
God’s mother
Mother of Skns
The uraeus on the head of the one from who she emerged
She who has been birthed by the moon on the 15th day of the lunar month in the night
The Lady of manifestations on top of the one who created her
Lady of massacres among the enemies of her father
The golden one of her mother
She who embraces her son Heru in front of her
The cobra of the one who created her
Cobra of her father
She who protects her father
Daughter of Wesir
Daughter of Ra
She who protects her son
The two sisters
The sisters
She who has power over the enemies of her son
She who unites with her brother Shu
She who exalts her father
She whose face glows in front of her father
2. Family Status
The royal wife of Rhk
R. Social/material position
1. Beloved Goddess
Favourite of the two lords
Beloved
Beloved of her lord
Lady of kindness
She with pleasant life
The content one
She whose heart is pacified with music
She whose majesty is appeased through the deeds of Isden
The satisfied one
She who is content with the music making
Friend of the Gods
She whose majesty is pacified after the rage
The appeased one
2. Respected Goddess
The very great one
She with great authority
She with many names
The great one
She with great moment
The very great and felicitous one
She whose Bas are great among millions
She with powerful esteem
The great noble one
The glorious and mighty one
The beautiful glorious one
She with glorious appearance in the place of silence
3. Unique/hidden Goddess
The unique one in heaven
The unique one in Memphis
The unique one, the uraeus of her father
There is no one like her
She who is without equals
She who resembles no one
The unique mistress
She whose manifestations are secret
4. Felicitous Goddess
She with great perfection
The golden one of her mother
The golden one of the gods
The beauty
She with beautiful entity
The perfect image
5. Feared Goddess
There is no rapprochement to her
There is no defence like hers in heaven and on earth
She who is wetted with the blood of every evil one
The tilapia who causes the Gods to tremble
She who grabs the gods in their riot
She with great tremble
She who robs Wesir
The flame who eats was exists
The burning one
She who eats raw meat
She who eats what exists
She who eats as much as she pleases
She whose flame is great against her enemies She who orders the dispatch
The great flaming one
She who fells hearts
She with cutting moment
Lady of the flame
Lady of the two flames
Lady of terror
Lady of terror in Bubastis
Lady of the flame on Bigga
Lady of the great flame
Lady of the great flame on Bigga
Lady of rage
Lady of heat
Lady of fear
Lady of each Sekhmet-Goddess
Lady of all Sekhmet-Goddesses
Lady of tremble
Lady of massacres among the enemies of her father
The burning one
The flame against her enemies
The fiery one
She who lights a fire which cannot be put out
She who sends the knife demons of the year
Mistress of fire
Chief of the shambles
She with fast messengers
She who is feared by the foreign lands because of her greatness
She with pointed flame
She whose fertility is directed against the hearts the gods
She who is with Djehuty so that he can pacify her
6. Mighty/successful goddess
Life and death are under her control
She with great wonders in the Two Lands and in the foreign lands
The mighty one
Above her no Gods exists
Lady of All
Lady of all in heaven and on earth
Lady of all among the Gods
She who has power the evil one
She who has power over a million
She who has power over the enemy of her son
She who has power over the enemies
The might one of all Sekhmet goddesses
She who has power over Seth
8. Other material/social position
Lady
Lady of the great one
Lady of the lords
Lady of the goddesses
Lady of the husbands and widows
Lady of faces
Lady of Sahure
The felicitous mistress
Mistress of the gods
Mistress of all Gods
Mistress of all Sekhmet goddesses
Mistress of the noble women
Mistress of men and women
Confidant of her lord
She who is above all Gods
9. Relations to other Gods
Horizon of Ra
Eye of Ra
Eye of Ra in all his names
Eye of Ra at his head
Eye of Ra at the head of his father
Eye of Heru in the West
She who causes the protection of Wesir
She who causes the protection of Wesir in Abaton
The great one behind Nun
Beloved of Ptah
Beloved of Sobek
The great uraeus at the head of the horizontic one
She whose majesty is appeased through the deeds of Isden
The manifestation of the mistress of the tombs
Protection of Ra in the morning
The first snhyt snake of Tatenen
She who pacifies Ra in his horizon
She who illuminates the palace for her Heru
Cobra of Ra
She who unites with Mut
She who is with Djehuti so that he can pacify her
S. Jobs
1. Judge
She who separates the two companions
T. Temple and cult
1. Festival
She for whom one makes a season festival
2. Barque
Werethekau in the barque of millions
3. Holy item
Lady of the Menit
Lady of the flag poles
Mistress of the sXm and sSSS sistra
Mistress of the sistrum
V. Food
She who creates aliment
Lady of food
Lady of nourishment
Brew of the night
W. Time
She who is in her year
She for whom one makes a season festival
She who writes a decree of the year of terror against her enemy
She who opens the perfect year for his (= year) lord
She who has been birthed by the moon on the 15th day of the lunar month in the night
Lady of days and months
Lady of the lands and the two times of day
She who is beautiful at noon
She who sends the knife demons of the year
Protection of Ra in the morning
Brew of the Night
X. Identification with other Gods
Werethekau
Werethekau in the barque of millions
Maat, the great
Mut in the horizon of heaven
The great Menet
Nit
Nebet-Hetepet
The great Rat
Sekhmet in the house of Ra
Tefnut on Bigga
Y. Other
Lady of carnelian
Lady of contentment of the two hearts
The Goddess
This Goddess
The great breath of Skndt