Sekhmet the Destroyer

While walking through the museum, traversing an exhibit of Egyptology, my stepdaughter stares, peering past freckles and eyeglasses at the giant statue of a lioness with a human body.

According to Egyptian legend, Sekhmet the Destroyer was vengeful. She was tricked while drunk on sweet red pomegranate wine and she became angry; very very angry. She needed to be consoled in order to be convinced to spare life, all life, any life so the world could continue turning.

My stepdaughter tugs on my hand and I lower my head. She whispers in my ear, “Usually those kinds of…