Just bought an encyclopedia of ancient Egypt, and there was a section on Sekhmet!
"Sekhmet the lioness goddess (hence the weird bumps on the skull,those are ear bones) and the fire breathing 'eye of Ra', represented the destructive aspects of the sun; her task was to destroy the enemies of her father Ra, the creator and sun god. According to legend, Sekhmet was sent by Ra to punish, but not eradicate, the human race who had rebelled against him.
Sekhmet, however, acquired a taste for blood and went on killing until she had to be stopped from destroying all of humanity. The gods tricked her into drinking vast quantities of blood colored beer so that she fell asleep and the human race was saved... And that ends anything else closely related.
So, any thoughts on any of this? <:3