Sekhmet

Humanity plotted against Ra. He summoned the gods and asked their advice. Nun and the other deities told him to send his Eye against the rebels. The Eye descended as Hathor and found the guilty people fleeing into the desert. She attacked them, killed them, and drank their blood. When she returned, she told Ra that she had overcome humanity and had enjoyed the slaughter. Ra declared that he would rule by culling humanity, and the Powerful One came into being.

Hathor planned to continue the killing the next day. During the night, Ra changed his mind and decided to save the survivors. He summoned swift messengers and sent them for a red substance. In one telling, the messengers brought red stone from Elephantine, and Ra ordered the High Priest of Heliopolis to grind it. In another, they brought mandrakes from Abu, and Sekti, a goddess of Heliopolis, crushed them. The red material was put into beer that women had made by grinding grain.

Seven thousand vessels of beer were prepared. The liquid was dyed red and carried to the place where Hathor was still killing people. During the night, it was poured over the meadows of the Four Heavens. At daybreak, Hathor saw what appeared to be a lake of blood. She drank the beer and became drunk. Her heart rejoiced, and she stopped paying attention to men and women. The slaughter ended.

Ra welcomed Hathor in peace and called her Amit, which meant beautiful one. The city of Amit stood in the Western Delta, near Lake Mareotis.