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Now that there are articles on both of these goddesses, I'm trying to sort out the confusion between them. Looking at their respective entries in Richard Wilkinson's Complete Gods and Goddesses and the entry on Onuris in Geraldine Pinch's Egyptian Mythology, I've concluded that the claim that Menhit was the consort of Onuris is the result of confusion with Mehit. It's possible that Menhit was also linked with Onuris, considering the fluidity of divine relationships and the close overlap between these goddesses' roles, but as far as I know, that is not the case. Nor do the sources say that Menhit was the Eye of Ra, though I suspect she sometimes was. Most goddesses took on that role in some context, lioness goddesses seem to have done so universally, and Wilkinson says Menhit could act as the uraeus, which was the other major animal form of the Eye.
With Mehit given the role in the Onuris myth, it's now Menhit whose character seems comparatively nebulous. I'll add what little it says in Wilkinson. A better understanding of Menhit is probably to be found in the German-language sources listed in the Menhit article.
Considering how much difficulty I've had keeping these goddesses straight, I'd like to suggest a mnemonic:
in case that helps anybody. A. Parrot ( talk) 00:58, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
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Now that there are articles on both of these goddesses, I'm trying to sort out the confusion between them. Looking at their respective entries in Richard Wilkinson's Complete Gods and Goddesses and the entry on Onuris in Geraldine Pinch's Egyptian Mythology, I've concluded that the claim that Menhit was the consort of Onuris is the result of confusion with Mehit. It's possible that Menhit was also linked with Onuris, considering the fluidity of divine relationships and the close overlap between these goddesses' roles, but as far as I know, that is not the case. Nor do the sources say that Menhit was the Eye of Ra, though I suspect she sometimes was. Most goddesses took on that role in some context, lioness goddesses seem to have done so universally, and Wilkinson says Menhit could act as the uraeus, which was the other major animal form of the Eye.
With Mehit given the role in the Onuris myth, it's now Menhit whose character seems comparatively nebulous. I'll add what little it says in Wilkinson. A better understanding of Menhit is probably to be found in the German-language sources listed in the Menhit article.
Considering how much difficulty I've had keeping these goddesses straight, I'd like to suggest a mnemonic:
in case that helps anybody. A. Parrot ( talk) 00:58, 22 January 2014 (UTC)