Ancient Egypt and the Ancient Near East, mythology, goddesses, monsters, etc. My goal is to accurately label every post: please tell me if you see something that's not correctly attributed, tagged, or captioned. I am also ikhet-sekhmet.livejournal.com.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
The Venus of Willendorf, a prehistoric figurine at the Natural History Museum in Vienna. A stone age goddess? I suppose we’ll never know for sure, but I like to imagine she is. :)
(Source: Wikipedia)
.as of yet untitled by ~ProcerKhepri
A cosmic goddess?
P1010260 - DAMAS - DAMASCUS - MUSEUM by peguiparis on Flickr.
Selene or Luna, perhaps. How mournful she looks!
horse frontlet, nude goddess holding lotus flowers by ggnyc on Flickr.
“Temple of Hathor, Dendera. Relief in the high niche at the rear of the Hathor Temple.” (via Deity in a shrine)
Mother Goddess
- Medium: Gray terracotta
- Dates: ca.320-200 B.C.
- Period: Maurya Period
- Brooklyn Museum
(Source: commons.wikimedia.org)
Good grief, that’s weird.
(Source: commons.wikimedia.org)
I keep having to remind myself that it’s the lionesses that do the hunting and killing and get their faces soaked in blood I mean is there a more badass animal
GPOY
me
repost because LOL@ that body language. its clear who the fuck is boss, and it aint no damn lion.
dude, my mom gets that same look on her face.
(no one fucking asks who’s the boss in my house.)
Sekhmet, oil on canvas
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omg, that’s the spit.
Inanna by NuggettyGoodness
One of the few goddesses you can draw with her tits out and it’s not disrespectful.
“Egyptian mummy shroud from Dynasty 26 (circa 600 B.C.), cartonnage and linen ($6,420).” (I guess that’s what it sold for.)
