What is Menhit?
[[file:Menhit.svg|thumb|Menhit]] '''Menhit''' or Mehyt was an [[Ancient Egypt|ancient Egyptian]] goddess.<ref name=ECU>{{cite journal|title=The Anger and Anxieties of the Asian and African Diaspora as Explored Through Poetry Film and Textile Arts |author1=Andrew Tian|hdl=10342/7305|publisher=East Carolina University|date=March 5, 2019}}</ref> In the Early Dynastic period Egyptians drew and carved her to look like a lioness lying down with three bent poles coming out of her back. She is shown on many early dynastic sealings and ivory artifacts, usually next to a picture of an Upper Egyptian shrine. People worshiped her in [[Hierakonpolis]] and [[Thinis]]. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Egyptian gods and goddesses]]