May 6, 2023
Wall relief of the goddess Tefnut in the Kom Ombo temple (Ptolemaic dynasty, 180–47 BCE)
In ancient Egyptian religion and mythology, Tefnut (also spelled Tefenet, from the hieroglyphic phonograms t-f-n-t) was the goddess of rainfall; her name translates to something like ‘She of moisture’. She is depicted here with a lion’s head, crowned with the solar disk and uraeus serpent.
This relief is often erroneously identified as Sekhmet, a more well-known lion-headed goddess.
image and abridged text from here
