Sakhmet was a goddess of the ancient Nehekharan Pantheon associated with Morrslieb, which is why she was also called the Green Witch.[1a] She was the intriguing and vengeful concubine of Ptra, the sun god, and is jealous of the love of the Great Father for the human race.[2a]
History[]
The tale of Ptra’s virtuous wife Neru and his jealous concubine Sakhmet were well known to the people of Nehekhara, even in an age bereft of gods and their blessings.[2b]
While Ptra the Father ruled in the heavens, so the stories went, Neru the Mother tended the gardens of the afterlife, and welcomed the souls of the dead who had earned their place in paradise. In the garden she was attended by her many daughters and guarded by a pack of ever-vigilant sphinxes, but when her husband’s daily labours had ceased and he passed beyond the rim of the world to the west, she would rise from the garden and watch over her beloved children by night, keeping them safe from the beasts of the wild and the spirits of the waste. And each night, the vindictive Sakhmet would follow in her wake, glaring balefully at the children of the gods and scheming to usurp Ptra’s beloved wife.[2b]
Most nights, Neru would triumph, her swift feet guiding her across the heavens – but once in a great while, Sakhmet’s wiles would bedevil her, and the Green Witch would usurp Neru’s place in the sky. When that happened, all the land trembled in fear, as the creatures of the darkness and the deep earth would rise up and work their evils on mankind.[2b]
This happened in the 105th year of Djaf the Terrible (–1222 IC). Never before in human history had Sakhmet usurped Neru during the year of Djaf, god of the dead.[2b]
Trivia[]
Sakhmet is likely a play on Sekhmet, the Egyptian Goddess of wrath and destruction.