Apademak, was a lion-headed warrior god worshiped in Nubia. He may, as Maahes, have been imported to Egypt. This lion god was used as a sacred guardian of the deceased Pharaoh. Anyone who touched the Pharaoh's grave was said to be cursed by this Apademak.
In Ancient Nubian religion, lion-god.
Apademak was called "The Lord of Royal Power." In Nubia, with the kingdoms of Cush, the royal throne was always depicted as a lion. Temple reliefs show kings subdued by lions, and even eaten.
Apademak is often depicted as a man with the head of a lion or entirely as a lion. Frequently he is holding a bow (and arrow) with which he shoots enemies, or else he is holding shackled enemies. In the temple of Naq'a he is depicted with three lion heads and four human arms and as a snake rising out of a lotus with a lion's head and a human torso.
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