Editing Maahes (section)

==Sacred animals==
Tame lions were kept in a temple dedicated to Maahes in Taremu, where Bast/Sekhmet were worshipped, his temple was adjacent to that of Bast.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Seawright |first1=Caroline |title=Maahes, God of War and Protection, The Leonine Lord of Slaughter |url=http://www.thekeep.org/~kunoichi/kunoichi/themestream/maahes.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104051810if_/http://www.thekeep.org/~kunoichi/kunoichi/themestream/maahes.html#.Xb-0tdD7S70/|archive-date=4 November 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The ancient Greek historian [[Claudius Aelianus|Aelian]] wrote: ''"In Egypt, they worship lions, and there is a city called after them. (...) The lions have temples and numerous spaces in which to roam; the flesh of oxen is supplied to them daily (...) and the lions eat to the accompaniment of song in the Egyptian language"'', thus the Greek name of the city ''[[Leontopolis]]'' was derived.{{Citation needed|reason=unsourced quote|date=October 2020}}