Heh

deity sky ancient Egyptian religion single tradition · 5

Heh is one of the Ogdoad deities. Like the other Ogdoad deities, Heh did not have temples or any center of worship.

↻ synthesized from 5 sources

When

First attested
3000 BCE
Attested period
-3000 – 300
Historical notes
Ogdoad deities are associated with the Old Kingdom of Egypt, c. 3000 BCE.

Relationships

sibling of
Hauhet
aspect of
Atum
allied with
Shu
consort of
Hauhet
served by
Nut

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Sources

Source passages

“The Ogdoad includes along with Naunet and Nun, Amaunet and Amun; Hauhet and Heh; and Kauket and Kek. Like the other Ogdoad deities, Nu did not have temples or any center of worship.”

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“Renpet means year, and is often depicted as a minor goddess in her own right, connected with the God Heh from the Ogdoad in the iconography of the Shen Ring. This identification of the renpet with the Ogdoad and Heh is visible in the iconography associated with Seshat”

#20874 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Heh and Hauhet – Personifications of infinity and members of the Ogdoad”

#21040 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Seawright, Caroline (21 May 2002). "Heh and Hauhet, Deities of Infinity and Eternity".”

#24180 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001