Shifting Identities: An Exercise in Divine and Demonic Ontologies with Pakhet of Speos Artemidos by Beatrice De Faveri
The lion-goddess Pakhet (PꜢḫt), whose name may be translated as “The Slasher” (from the root pꜢḫ), was a deity commanding a long-lasting local cult, who embodied the aggressive, ferine nature that her appellation suggests. She represents one of the many potent lionesses in the Egyptian pantheon.