Heka-pa-chered
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Heka-pa-chered Ḥk3-p3-ḫrd Heka , the child |
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Heka-pa-chered was the childlike form of the god Heka , the personified creative power. As a child god he was worshiped in Esna as the son of Khnum and Menhit . Heka-pa-chered stands in the temple of Esna in front of Khnum on a pedestal with the symbol of the "unification of both countries".
Heka-pa-chered's independent iconography appears for the first time in the third interim period, roughly at the same time as that of Hor-pa-chered (designation of Horus as a child), so that it cannot be said who was the first child god to appear.
The divine family relationships remain unclear. Heka-pa-chered was nicknamed “firstborn of Re , firstborn of Khnum, firstborn of Khnum-Re, firstborn of Ptah , son of Menhit, son of Sekhmet , son of Nebetuu , son of Tefnut , son of Renenutet and child from the eye of Re ”.
In addition, he appeared in the manifestations Harmachis , Harsomtus , Chons-pa-chered , Neferhotep-pa-chered , Re-nechen and Hu , where Hu ( the saying ) is one of the ancient creation deities of the Old Kingdom .
See also
literature
- Christian Leitz u. a .: LGG , Vol. 5: Ḥ - ḫ - Series of publications: Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta; 114 - . Peeters, Leuven 2002, ISBN 90-429-1150-6 , p. 555.
- Sandra Sandri: Har-Pa-Chered (Harpokrates): The genesis of an Egyptian god child (Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta 151) . Peeters, Leuven 2006, ISBN 90-429-1761-X .