Maahes’s Family Tree

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Family

• Ptah(parent),Sekhmet(parent),Nefertem(sibling)— Marriage

  Ptah and Sekhmet, the divine couple of Memphis, bore the lotus god Nefertem and the lion-headed war god Maahes — beauty and violence sprung from the union of the master craftsman and the fierce lioness.

  ⚠ Lower Egyptian traditions, particularly at Bubastis, name Bastet rather than Sekhmet as the mother of both Nefertem and Maahes, reflecting the theological overlap between the two lioness/cat goddesses.

• Bastet(parent),Ptah(parent)— Consort

  Ptah and Bastet were joined as divine consorts at Memphis and Bubastis, and from their union came the lion-headed war god Maahes, fierce protector who inherited his mother's feline nature and his father's creative power.

  ⚠ Bubastite tradition names Bastet as Maahes's mother, while Leontopolis and Upper Egyptian sources attribute him to Sekhmet. Both traditions agree on Ptah as father.