Festival of Drunkenness

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The Festival of Drunkenness was an ancient Egyptian celebration honoring the lioness goddess Sekhmet, marked by ritual intoxication, music, and dancing to appease her destructive power and ensure protection and fertility.

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Festival of Drunkenness canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian religious festival ⓘ
religious celebration ⓘ
associatedMyth myth of Sekhmet’s pacification with beer ⓘ
myth of the Destruction of Mankind ⓘ
associatedWith lioness goddess Sekhmet ⓘ
linked to: Sekhmet
celebratedAt Temple of Mut at Karnak ⓘ
Thebes ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
culturalFunction securing divine favor for the coming year ⓘ
warding off plague and disaster ⓘ
depictedIn inscriptions at Karnak ⓘ
temple reliefs ⓘ
frequency annual festival ⓘ
genderAspect prominent role of women in ritual performance ⓘ
strong association with female deities ⓘ
hasPurpose to appease Sekhmet’s destructive power ⓘ
to ensure fertility ⓘ
to ensure protection ⓘ
hasRitual all-night vigils ⓘ
drinking large quantities of beer ⓘ
ecstatic dancing ⓘ
music performances ⓘ
sexual symbolism ⓘ
hasTheme dancing ⓘ
fertility ⓘ
music ⓘ
protection ⓘ
ritual intoxication ⓘ
honors Sekhmet ⓘ
involves participation of lay worshippers ⓘ
participation of priests ⓘ
linkedTo Hathor ⓘ
Ra ⓘ
mainDeity Sekhmet ⓘ
relatedTo Hathoric festivals of music and dance ⓘ
New Year festivals in ancient Egypt ⓘ
religion ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
socialRole communal celebration ⓘ
royal-sponsored ritual ⓘ
symbolism connection between intoxication and divine ecstasy ⓘ
renewal of cosmic order ⓘ
transformation of destructive power into benevolence ⓘ
timePeriod Late Period Egypt ⓘ
New Kingdom Egypt ⓘ
usesSubstance beer ⓘ
wine ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sekhmet → festival → Festival of Drunkenness ⓘ