#mehen

[state-of-franklin]

All Brimstone Angels enjoyers should make me a mutual and talk to me about this series because I will combust. 10 years from now I will still combust.

[sehetep-shenwer]

Meditation with Mehen

Alright so I pulled Mehen from my oracle deck to see who I needed to meditate with. This was a first as I had only read about Mehen and He seems to be a lesser known deity. Nonetheless, here's how the meditation went:

I offered Him incense and invoked Him as "He who hides the hours. He who encircles Ra upon the soalr barque. The warden of prisoners" and He came before me as a large, golden snake with black wadjet symbols painted around His glittery, silver eyes and spoke with a deep, yet gentle tone. He moved constantly in a circle above and around me, almost like He was swimming around me.

He wishes to protect me but only if I offer up my fears and doubts to Him. He commanded me to speak all I wish to be protected from and I spoke.

He then explained that He would do His best but could not protect me from everything. Much like even Ra was still vulnerable upon His boat in the underworld, I could still be vulnerable as well. But if I used my faith like a shield, He would be my spear.

He would circle around me, inside me, and through me, even if I felt defenseless and powerless. He wishes for offerings of anything resembling snakes since apparently He noticed my snake plushies I had placed as symbols of protection. (I read somewhere ancient Egyptians would place symbols of snakes at the end of their beds for protection but this was before I knew of Mehen)

He promised that once I had done everything I could to protect and defend myself and still felt exposed and like a target, that He would be there.

We concluded by me hugging myself tightly twice, as if I was being constricted by Him but in a good way.

Praise be to you, Mehen, He who coils around the falcon.

[hesy-bes]

Em Hotep!

Could I get a poem about Mehen please?

Senebty!

O' He of Many Coils,

Circle my khat,

protect my heart from the demons of Duat,

and breathe your breath into my nostrils,

filling my ka with the lifeforce it needs,

to follow the Solar Barque through Duat,

and to be born from Nut,

into a new day.

Dua Mehen!

[gaeldricge]

I adore the hells out of clanless Mehen! He needs a best Dad cup, right now 🩷

[witchberries]

Mehen!!

[chrysocomae]

Don't mind me crying over never playing the same game as the ancient Egyptians.

Here's the board for Mehen. It looks like a zen thing you'd have on an office desk.

Mehen may be named for the mythological snake-god who travels with Egyptian god Ra on his legendary journey into the afterlife.

[shxinny]

Netkheru reptiles IV

¡Hola, chiques! Espero que estén muy bien, hoy les traigo la cuarta parte de esta nueva serie llamada ''Netkheru reptiles'', donde les hablaré sobre sus correspondencias, sus asociaciones y/o sincretizaciones y un poco de su historia, así que, sin más dilación, ¡Empecemos!

13) Mehen

Netkher protectora, Mehen protege la barca solar y a Ra con su cuerpo, su agresividad y su veneno la hacen propicia para defender a Ra y a su barca de los ataques nocturnos hasta que llegaba el alba.

Es representada como una cobra alada portando el disco solar.

14) Meretseger

Personificación de la montaña El-Qurn, Meretseger es la netkher protectora de la necrópolis Tebana, funeraria, protege y custodia los entierros, patrona de constructores de tumbas, la justicia, los muertos, protectora de difuntos y protectora contra animales venenosos.

Fue asociada con los netkheru Ptah y Het-Heret (Hathot) y fue sincretizada con esta ultima.

Está estrechamente relacionada con Ausar (Osiris), pues ella fue quién lo acompaño una vez fue enterrado, aclarar algo muy importante, no hay una asociación romántica entre Ausar y Meretseger.

Es representada cómo una una mujer con cabeza de cobra, una cobra con cabeza humana o una mujer con tres cabezas, una de mujer, otra de cobra y otra de buitre, portadora del disco solar y habitualmente representada con cuernos, de ahí su sincretismo y asociación con Het-Heret (Hathor-Meretseger).

Imagen: Yliade

15) Nehebkau

Hijo de Renenutet en su forma de serpiente y de Serket, Nehebkau es un netkher funerario, protector de la realeza, de los ritos de coronación, protector contra animales venenosos, guarían de las puertas de la Duat y del Inframundo y de los difuntos, debido a que él es quién une el Ba y el Ka una vez fallecida la persona. Se le consideraba un netkher guerrero.

Está estrechamente relacionado con Itemu (Atum) y Ra, debido a que protege a Ra mientras comienza su viaje al inframundo por las noches.

Itemu es el único netkher capaz de contener su poder, ya que es un netkher bastante agresivo, pues tendía a perder el control.

Está relacionado también con Renenutet y Serket, pues es hijo de ellas dos. En su representación cómo serpiente es hijo de Renenutet y, cómo protector y controlador de picaduras y mordidas de animales venenosos, se decía que también era hijo de Serket (Selkis).

Es representado cómo una serpiente con piernas humanas, un hombre con cabeza de serpiente o un hombre con dos cabezas de serpientes.

Se decía que cuando tenía dos cabezas era capaz de atacar en dos direcciones a la vez.

16) Nehy

Lamentablemente no se tiene mucha información de este Netkher, solo su representación y se sabe que fue un funcionario de Thutmose III y portador del titulo ''Virrey de Kush''.

Por hoy ha sido todo, chiques, espero que les haya gustado y que les haya ayudado a conocer más sobre los netkheru, recuerden que todas mis redes sociales y la Per-Ankh están ligadas a mi Beacons, nos vemos en un próximo post, se les quiere mucho ¡Adiós!

[super-into-on-it]

Amniote Editions | HoxA-8

artwork by Rosa Marie Johansen

[pleasantsweetsmiracle]

(MEHEN)

[gaeldricge]

same 😩 I'm addicted to that series!

if i had more energy or patience and maybe some drawing skill and was 80% more insane none of you would be safe from my brimstone angels posting

[nurgletwh]

Do you have a sona or a particular way in which you portray yourself? Asking for fanart purposes.

Huh. I haven’t ever really thought about it. I mean, I’ve resonated with some of the D&D characters I’ve played (a certain highly chaotic, absolutely flamboyantly bisexual prismatic Dragonborn rogue comes to mind), and @grumpyoldsnake gave me a drawing of a sphinx tabaxi bard I had a lot of fun with. But nothing akin to what I’ve seen some people identify with!

I think “messily chaotic with strong helpful yet sarcastic vibes” covers most of it. My writing probably clued you in to that one, though. xD

[shazzyluka]

Haiii!

So I've started reading a Brimstone Angels, so I doodle Mehen!

[dragoon-mid-jump]

I am very much enjoying all the Reaper Job bonus flavor dialogue in these patches.

Though, I would also use this post to explain how exactly Y'dehlya came to join the Reapers’ ranks and what powers she now wields. I’ll start with her Dragoon powers, because those lead into and fuse with her Reaper ones.

(Upon pressing “Keep reading”, many paragraphs will appear in sequence. It is recommended that you set aside sufficient time to view this post in its entirety.)

My take on Y’dehlya actually being able to use the Dragoon Soul Stone despite having not a single drop of Ishgardian blood in her veins stems from expanding on the “inner dragon” all Dragoons apparently have. It is my understanding that the Soul Stone only resonates with those who have a dragon’s spirit within them. For Ishgardians, this is easily explained with the reveal of Thordan I and his Twelve Knights murdering Ratatoskr and consuming her flesh a thousand years before ARR, enough time for draconic power to take root and lay dormant inside every Ishgardian living in the game’s present.

But Y’dehlya’s is from a different circumstance. The simpler reason I thought of was that Persephone’s combat transformation was very draconic in appearance, and Y’dehlya’s soul enduring seven whole Rejoinings and bringing that back to her. The more complex one is that Hydaelyn bound Persephone’s Shard on the Source to the soul of a stillborn child of Midgardsormr at his behest. Or I could just do both. Either way, with these plus the meddlings of (in order) Nidhogg via the Eye, resonating with a Dragoon Soul Stone, Midgardsormr removing Hydaelyn’s blessing and binding himself to Y’dehlya, and Hraesvelgr bestowing his own Eye unto her awakens/creates a manifestation of Y’dehlya’s latent draconic powers: Mehen.

Mehen in ancient Egyptian mythology is the equivalent of Jormungandr and Ouroboros. A deity that protected Osiris-Ra as he traveled through the night/underworld by coiling around him.

With all the other dragon influences around her soul, it was almost impossible for her at first to truly sense Mehen’s presence throughout ARR and HW. It was easily mistaken for one of the others’. As for StB, she had not only hung up the mantle of Azure Dragoon alongside Estinien at the end of the Dragonsong War, but went the extra mile and left the Soul Stone in Aymeric’s care, the war burned her out that much. And yet, there were still some events that made her fall back on those abilities, which also helped her to reconcile herself with them. The DRG Job Quests from 60 to 69, as well as taking the spear up again for the Nhaadam help Y’dehlya find the courage to reclaim the Stone when Aymeric offers it back to her in Ala Mhigo before the showdown against Zenos-Shinryu.

The Omega Raids was the first time Mehen truly showed themself to Y’dehlya, manifesting physically at Midgardsormr’s behest and introduced themself appropriately. In order to qualify as a candidate for Omega’s challenge, Mehen quickly adopted a more humanoid form, manifesting as a Raen Au Ri that resembles Y’dehlya (or moreso Persephone).

Due to having no set preference themself between being more “masculine” or “feminine”, Mehen manifests in whichever form they are feeling at the moment.

When Omega traps Y’dehlya and U’reksh and starts testing their pain tolerances up to the extent that they could very well die, Midgarsormr uses the last of his available power to free Y’dehlya and entrusts Mehen with her. It is then that Y’dehlya unlocks Life of the Dragon and together, they free U’reksh and cause Omega to retreat and recalibrate. After the whole Omega Raid storyline is completed, Y’dehlya introduces Mehen to the rest of the Scions, and later Estinien, Orn Kai, Vedrfolnir, and Faunehm during the lvl 70 DRG quest. Mehen resolves to want to learn more and more about the world while traveling within Y’dehlya.

Flash forward to ShB. Y’dehlya and Mehen were...more aware than they let on about the state of their soul with subsequent Lightwarden absorptions, especially after overhearing Y’shtola and Urianger’s argument over it. In the time between absorbing Amh Araeng’s Lightwarden and the siege on Eulmore, Y’dehlya grew desperate in trying to find her own way to save the both of them.

During a check-in with the Source, she happened upon the events of the first Reaper quests. The words “Lemures” and “Reaper” coming from the attendant and his employer tip her off to who they want her to deal with. She’s heard whispers of this group before through the grapevine, as well as solid confirmation from Y’kouha. And so, with Mehen’s consent and hearing the summoned voidsent itself beg for death via devouring upon hearing their plight (it’s a win-win exchange, the voidsent finally gets sweet release and their devourers get their powers), she readily accepts, because what is the antithesis of sin eater, but voidsent? And thus, this lovely explanation from Zero is what takes place between Mehen and the voidsent, becoming the Void Dragon/Voidwyrm and taking on the appearance of a Xaela:

If the voidsent powers stemmed from a being who was already friendly towards their host, theoretically, there shouldn't be any fear of being taken over. This doesn’t stop Y’shtola from immediately grilling Dehlya on her choices once she takes notice out of further concern and anger at Urianger and the Exarch for driving her to this. Y’dehlya stands her ground. The other Scions have very mixed reactions when the cat’s out of the bag, but eventually grow to accept it. Both Urianger and the Exarch in particular feel incredibly guilty and more or less continue to do so into EW, both admitting it to Y’dehlya and Mehen at different points despite their forgiveness and a look at the brighter side of the circumstance.

As for learning how to use a scythe, Y’dehlya’s practically a natural, but part of that will be explained further down.

Anyway, back to ShB. Unfortunately, the absorption of the voidsent wound up doing little in the long run after absorbing Innocence and Y’dehlya is locked out of using Mehen’s voidsent powers until the fusion with Ardbert.

The fusion with Ardbert also triggered a new power in her that seems to only activate against Ascians and Ancients in subsequent MSQ battles: Her weapon suddenly becomes a scythe made out of aether, her skill with it is like never before, and her outfit becomes that of a tattered black cloak. It’s like Enshroud, but it isn’t; her soul is channeling Persephone’s power and skill, manifesting thus, and disappears a short time after it is no longer needed.

After returning to Sharlayan at the end of Main Endwalkere, however, the tattered black outfit and white scythe become permanent. The scythe itself even looks like an actual forged weapon now (See the lvl 89 Reaper gear for reference). Y’dehlya takes this as a sign to becomes a Reaper in full and dyes the cape her signature fuchsia.

Y’dehlya’s Enshroud form bears an uncanny resemblance to Estinien’s final form when he was possessed by Nidhogg, but with a predominantly black, purple/fuchsia, and red color scheme.

[sehetep-shenwer]

Part 2!!

A little altar for Neith and Mehen :)

Dua Isis!

Dua Djehuty!

Dua Netjeru!!!

Temporary altar until I find a bigger place cause fuck landlords!!!! Anyway, here ya go! Part 1 of 2 :)

Dua Netjeru!

[muckmagister]

you should play mehen

everyone has played mehen it's such an old game everyone already knows about mehen why would you even suggest this people could just go play mehen right now we all have the stuff for it why would people even bother streaming mehen wow

[speedyowl152]

I asked for an animal plushie for Christmas based off of a familiar in a fanfiction I adore. I did not get it. However! I got an Appa plush and he's sooo soft. Also. I got a blue/peach moonstone kwagatama and some rope and bits to turn it into a necklace and I asked for just the stone like 6 months ago for my birthday for my félix cosplay but! With the blue colour and black leather like rope it would also double as the magical focus that blorbo from the fanfiction wears at all times. By complete coincidence. Love when u obtain an item that can fit with multiple characters, never taking this off.

Hope everyone else is having a happy holidays too!