Hehet
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Hehet Ḥḥt |
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Hehet , sometimes also Hauhet , stands in Egyptian mythology for infinity (of space) and belongs to the eighthness of Hermopolis . Her husband is heh . While her husband is already mentioned in the coffin texts of the Middle Kingdom , Hehet can only be identified since the New Kingdom .
Here she appears since the 18th dynasty in the Amduat as the goddess of the 12th hour of the night and in the 19th dynasty in the book of the night . Since the late period , Heh and Hehet have been an integral part of the eightness of Hermopolis. In the New Kingdom both are depicted purely in human form, in the late period there are also images showing Heh in human form with a frog's head and Hehet in human form with a snake's head.
See also
literature
- Hartwig Altenmüller : Mindfulness. In: Lexicon of Egyptology. Volume 1: A - Harvest. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1975, ISBN 3-447-01670-1 , column 56-57.
- Hartwig Altenmüller: Heh. In: Lexicon of Egyptology. Volume 2: Harvest Festival - Hordjedef. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1977, ISBN 3-447-01876-3 , column 1082-1084.
- Hans Bonnet : Lexicon of the Egyptian religious history. 3rd unchanged edition. Nikol, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-937872-08-6 , pp. 5-6.