Per-Shezmu
𓈙𓊃𓅓𓅱𓀭 𓇭𓈙𓊃𓅓𓅱 𓇭𓊹𓀭
MDC: Ssmw, Szmw
Gardiner: Šsmw
Budge: Shesmu
Transliteration:
Coptic:
Hebrew:
Greek: Σεσµε/ Sesme
Demotic:
Arabic:
English:
Kemetic:
Alt: Schesmu, Shezmou
Pronounced: Shezmu or Shesmu
Meaning: Wine press /Smw/ ?
Gardiner: Šsmw
Budge: Shesmu
Transliteration:
Coptic:
Hebrew:
Greek: Σεσµε/ Sesme
Demotic:
Arabic:
English:
Kemetic:
Alt: Schesmu, Shezmou
Pronounced: Shezmu or Shesmu
Meaning: Wine press /Smw/ ?
Home:
Temple: 6th Nome Upper Egypt Dendera/ Iunet, 2nd Nome Upper Egypt Edfu/bHdt
Nome: 21th Nome Upper Egypt, Faiyum/ pAyma
Consort
Children
Parents
Alternative Parentage
Siblings
Priest names
Followers
Features
A demonic man with a lion's head holding a butcher's knife, sometimes a full lion or a falcon headed man. Fangs showing mane drenched in blood and wore human skulls around his waist like a belt. ref L.C.F
Symbols
wine
oil
color red
blood
perfume
stars
Roles
Protected Ra on his nocturnal bark by threatening and fighting with the demons who would attack. God of slaughter, execution, blood, whine, oil and perfume. Offered red wine to the diseased, protector of the virtuous and destroyer of the wicked. The finest perfume and oil makers to the gods. He is known as being both good and bad. God of the stars.
Hybrid gods
Connection to other gods
Ra
Horu/ Horus
Kherty
Sutekh/ Set (associated color of red, blood, chaos and death)
Sekhmet (through blood colored beer and her vengeful attitude)
Nefertem (perfume and lion head)
Celebrations
Young men would press grapes with their feet and then dance and sing for Shesmu (Old Kingdom)
Offering items
wine
oil
color red
blood
perfume
Protects
Other names
Epitaphs
Maker of all precious oil
Lord of perfume
Lord of the oil press
Great slaughterer of the gods
Fine oil maker for the god Ra
He who dismembers bodies
Slaughterer of Souls
Demon of thw wine press
nb-ibAt?--Lord of ointments
nb-irp--Lord of wine
nb-snfw--Lord of blood
xAyt wsir?--Executioner of Osiris
ref. Wiki, A comprehensive list of Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt by L.C.F, An Egyptian hieroglyphic dictionary Budge
Temple: 6th Nome Upper Egypt Dendera/ Iunet, 2nd Nome Upper Egypt Edfu/bHdt
Nome: 21th Nome Upper Egypt, Faiyum/ pAyma
Consort
Children
Parents
Alternative Parentage
Siblings
Priest names
Followers
Features
A demonic man with a lion's head holding a butcher's knife, sometimes a full lion or a falcon headed man. Fangs showing mane drenched in blood and wore human skulls around his waist like a belt. ref L.C.F
Symbols
wine
oil
color red
blood
perfume
stars
Roles
Protected Ra on his nocturnal bark by threatening and fighting with the demons who would attack. God of slaughter, execution, blood, whine, oil and perfume. Offered red wine to the diseased, protector of the virtuous and destroyer of the wicked. The finest perfume and oil makers to the gods. He is known as being both good and bad. God of the stars.
Hybrid gods
Connection to other gods
Ra
Horu/ Horus
Kherty
Sutekh/ Set (associated color of red, blood, chaos and death)
Sekhmet (through blood colored beer and her vengeful attitude)
Nefertem (perfume and lion head)
Celebrations
Young men would press grapes with their feet and then dance and sing for Shesmu (Old Kingdom)
Offering items
wine
oil
color red
blood
perfume
Protects
Other names
Epitaphs
Maker of all precious oil
Lord of perfume
Lord of the oil press
Great slaughterer of the gods
Fine oil maker for the god Ra
He who dismembers bodies
Slaughterer of Souls
Demon of thw wine press
nb-ibAt?--Lord of ointments
nb-irp--Lord of wine
nb-snfw--Lord of blood
xAyt wsir?--Executioner of Osiris
ref. Wiki, A comprehensive list of Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt by L.C.F, An Egyptian hieroglyphic dictionary Budge
