Themes

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Pharaoh Taharqa sacrifices hemen, Louvre exhibition

Hemen is a god of Egyptian mythology . He was the patron god of the Upper Egyptian city of El-Moalla (El-Mo'alla, Hefat). He was depicted as a falcon. Little is known about its mythology.

literature

  • Hans Bonnet : Lexicon of the Egyptian religious history. 3rd, unchanged edition, Nikol, Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-937872-08-6 , p. 285 → Themes.
  • Harco Willems : Crime, Cult and Capital Punishment. (Mo'alla Inscription 8) In: The Journal of Egyptian Archeology. Vol. 76, 1990, Egypt Exploration Society, pp. 27-54 ( online ).

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