"[2] Believed to have origins as a Nubian goddess, Menhit is always depicted as a lioness with solar disk and a uraeus symbol.

Her counterpart, Ra, sends another god to track her down in Nubia, where she transforms into a lioness.

[4] She also was believed to advance ahead of the Egyptian armies and cut down their enemies with fiery arrows, similar to other war deities.

[1] In the 3rd Nome of Upper Egypt, particularly at Esna, Menhit was said to be the wife of Khnum and the mother of Heka.

[7] She was also worshipped in Lower Egypt, where she was linked with the goddesses Wadjet and Neith.