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Mahes

by Micha F. Lindemans
The Egyptian personification of the summer heat, called 'Lord of the massacre'. He is represented as a lion or a man with a lion's head. He was principally worshipped in the area of the Nile Delta.

In Greek literature he is called Miysis.

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