Sekhmet (Lioness Goddess of War)
Sekhmet is the lioness-headed Egyptian goddess of warfare, destruction, plague, and healing. Her name means 'the powerful one'. She was created when Ra sent his fiery Eye to punish humanity for rebelling against him. She descended upon the earth as Sekhmet and began slaughtering humans with such bloodlust that Ra had to trick her by flooding fields with beer dyed red to stop the massacre. She is both a destroyer and a healer; snip she brought plagues but also cured them. Her priests were both warriors and physicians. Consort of Ptah and mother of Nefertem, she formed part of the Memphis Triad.