Hatmehit
Hatmehit is a deity whose name is typically translated as "Foremost of Fish", literally from the words ḥȝt "Chief, head, foremost" and mḥyt "fish". However, the word mḥyt in Hatmehit's name does not include the fish determinative, which allows it to have a double meaning. Her name is sometimes considered to mean "Foremost of the Inundation", with a connection drawn between the floodwaters and the fish that come with them.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 0
- Historical notes
- Ancient Egyptian deity with cult center at Mendes.
Relationships
- parent of
- Horus the Child
- consort of
- Banebdjedet
- co occurs with
- Henet, Pelican, Iabet, Iat, Meret, Nehbet-anet, Ay, Nebtuwi, Ahmose-Nefertari, Ahti, Amathaunta, Amn, Anet, Anhefta, Anit, Anuke, Aperet-Isis, Bairthy, Besna, Esna, Hedetet, Heptet, Heret-Kau, Hert-ketit-s, Hert-Nemmat-Set, Hert-sefu-s, Heru-pa-kaut, Heset, Hetepes-Sekhus, Iaret, Ipy, Iw, Ken, Khefthernebes, Matit, Nakith, Perit, Pesi, Qerhet, Rekhit, Osiris, Hathor, Mut, Naunet, Nephthys, Amesemi, Mehit, Qetesh, Astarte, Ammit, Meretseger, Mehet-Weret, Khensit, Mafdet, Meskhenet, Iunit, Raet-tawy, Beset, Anat, Kebechet, Nebethetepet, Iusaaset, Qed-her, Nehmetawy, Abaset, Khereduankh, Baalat Gebal, Ištar
- allied with
- Harpocrates
- syncretized with
- Isis, Ꜣst-wrt-ḥꜢt-mḥyt
Mentioned by
- Osiris
- Hathor
- Mut
- Naunet
- Nephthys
- Amesemi
- Mehit
- Qetesh
- Astarte
- Ammit
- Meretseger
- Mehet-Weret
- Khensit
- Mafdet
- Meskhenet
- Iunit
and 15 more
Sources
Source passages
“due to Hatmehit's epithets describing her as one of the parties who search for the body of Osiris that pointed to a connection with Nephthys as well.”
#23378 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“His wife was the goddess Hatmehit ("Foremost of the Fishes"), who was perhaps the original deity of Mendes. Their offspring was "Horus the Child" and they formed the so-called "Mendesian Triad".”
#23986 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Hatmehit – Fish goddess worshiped at Mendes”
#24956 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5