Máahes (Mahes) son of Bast (in Lower Egypt) and Sekhmet (in Upper d:o), was a god of war and a protector of sacred places and priests of Amon. He was lord of the horizon and manifested the heat of summer and fought all enemies of Egypt and was also seen as one of Osiris' executioners.
He first appeared in the New Kingdom and had the title "Wielder of the Knife". He was a lion-headed man with a sword (or knife) and some- times wearing the atef-crown. Every day he helped Re in his solar bark in the sky to fight the monsters in their way, and protected the pharaoh when he was in battle. His roots were at Leonto- polis (Liontown), in nome 11 of Lower Egtpt.
He also had a temple in Bubastis and during the Greco-Roman era he was also the god of storms and winds and protected all magical rituals. His cult was centred in Taremu and Per-Bast.
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He first appeared in the New Kingdom and had the title "Wielder of the Knife". He was a lion-headed man with a sword (or knife) and some- times wearing the atef-crown. Every day he helped Re in his solar bark in the sky to fight the monsters in their way, and protected the pharaoh when he was in battle. His roots were at Leonto- polis (Liontown), in nome 11 of Lower Egtpt.
He also had a temple in Bubastis and during the Greco-Roman era he was also the god of storms and winds and protected all magical rituals. His cult was centred in Taremu and Per-Bast.