DID YOU KNOW? Hathor & Sekhmet Shared a Temple

The goddesses Hathor and Sekhmet were, in many respects, considered to be alternate forms of each other. One represented the "distant, raging" goddess, while the other represented the "pacified, festive" deity. The dualism was potent, and the two goddesses owned a temple together in the town of Imaou.

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