Talk:Sekhmet
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[edit] Did Sekhmet Create The Nosferatu
This myth has severaldsrctfgvb different versions, the one presented here comes from "The Goddess Sekhmet, Psycho-Spiritual Exercises of the Fifth Way" by Robert Masters, published by LLewellyn Publishing copyright 1991. [1] Or was it The Fixed Star Algol -from the constellation- Beta Perseus. I find this interesting becaue the constellation 'Beta Perseus' means The Champion or The Rescuer. However, beta ,derivative of Phoenecian letter Beth, means house. With that said Sekhmet became bloodthirsty and murderous due to human's conspiring a coup against the Ra who -in context with my aforemention- was providing them with a house(community) and he was king(champion and rescuer) to his people. So for his people to revolt against him must have created quite a stir amongst the royal ranks. But where it gets strange is that -in ancient arab- Algol, or Al-Ghul, means "The Ghoul" or "Demon Star", and Ri'B al Ohill, the "Demon's Head".Also in hebrew algol referred to as Rosh ha Sitan "Satan's Head", or "the Devil's Head"; also as Lilith, Adam's legendary first wife, believed to have been in existence before the creation of Eve. She is believed to be the nocturnal vampire from the lower world. The Chinese gave it the gruesome title Tseih She, the "Piled-up Corpses". Astrologers say that it was the most unfortunate, violent, and dangerous star in the heavens. (Allen). Thus Sekhmet must have been working upon liliths behalf.[2] If you could not get the first redirect link you may have to restart the browser --Howmee 05:21, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
I think Lilith and Sekhmet should stay as far away from eachother as possible. Mixing myths is not something that should be in the article. Lilith stems from Mesopotamia as Lilitu and later Jewish lore. Sekhmet is Egyptian. Obvious parrells can be drawn from Mesopotamia and Egypt to Judaism, but Lilith or something like her does not show up in Egyptian myth to my knowledge. Furthermore, opinions drawn from multiple sources violates wiki and imo this hasn't much to do with Sekhmet herself. Xuchilbara 18:36, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Hymn of Sekhmet?
The part of the text that is atrributed as a Hymn of Sekhmet, is actually a quote from Normanday Ellis's "Awakening Osiris", which is basically a non-literal, poetic translation of the Book of the Dead. I suspect this is not really one of Sekhmet's hymns. Does anyone else have any thoughts?
- I agree with you - this is not a Hymn to Sekhmet. It's a poetic interpretation from a section of the Egyptian Book of the Dead. At the top of the entry of the article it lists the source as "For the Ronin Warriors character, see Sekhmet (Ronin Warriors)". My response is Huh?! Also, I've never come across any reference of Nefertum as an aspect of Atum. Nefertum was the god of perfumes. If I only had a single great source about Sekhmet I'd like to wipe the whole entry clean.
[edit] Sources?
The page needs sources. The claim for putting anthrax on the statues is interesting but I did a Google and the only relevant results are this entry, mirrors and recent articles that seem to draw their information from this page [3] or others that don't provide a source (and may have been the source of this claim) [4] I'm not claiming its cobblers but I was checking the facts from that first link I gave and was struggling to find any support for it and this entry comes with no further resources to follow up on which is pretty important. (Emperor 15:55, 4 April 2006 (UTC)) eli + kylie
[edit] No really, sources
Since she does drink blood and has something to do with drunkenness, a specific reference for the title Scarlet Woman or Lady would certainly interest me. And technically I think we want more specific citations for everything. Dan (talk) 20:43, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
Actually, I don't think Scarlet Woman appears as a title in Revelation unless you count section headings. So that matters less than it might. But the point stands. Dan (talk) 03:48, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
