An ancient Egyptian lion-goddess, and a goddess of war. She was depicted as a woman with the head of a lioness and was close to the fire goddess Sekhmet both in her looks and general line of responsibility. Her name means "she who slaughters" and her husbands were Khnum and her son was Heka - god of witchcraft and magic. The three of them were worshipped as a triad in Latopolis, which is the Cult centre Like most Egyptian war-deities, she was believed to ride ahead of the Egyptian armies and cut down the great warriors of their enemies.