After having sex in a temple of Cybele, Atalanta was transformed into this animal.
In Egyptian mythology, the deification of the horizon, Aker, was depicted with two of this animal facing opposite directions. In one story, the hunter Anhur subdued one of these animals and made it his wife Mehit. Apollo fell in love with Cyrene after watching her wrestle one of them. The son of Ptah and Bast, Maahes, had the head of this animal. In the myth of the Distant Goddess, the Eye of (*) Ra took this form and was pacified after drinking beer dyed to look like blood. One of them was born to Selene and killed by Heracles as his first labor. After having sex in a temple of Cybele, Atalanta was transformed into this animal. The fierce goddess Sekhmet took the form of this feline. For 10 points, the Sphinx possessed the body of what large cat?
In Egyptian mythology, the deification of the horizon, Aker, was depicted with two of this animal facing opposite directions.
lions [or Sphinx until "Anhur" is read; prompt on "cat"]