Heka
Heka was an Egyptian deity who was the son of Menhit and Khnum in the 3rd Nome of Upper Egypt.
↻ synthesized from 8 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Egyptian deity, child of Menhit and Khnum.
Relationships
- sibling of
- Shu
- co occurs with
- Sia, Mehen, Werethekau, Irer, Sedjem, Min, Satis, Anuket, Banebdjedet, Nebtuwi, Apophis, Hu, Andjety, Aqen, Duamutef, Bata, Akhty, Hermanubis, Aati, Duau, Aani, Hermes Trismegistus, Hapy, Gengen-Wer, Hery-maat, Harsomtus, Amu-Aa, Apesh, Am-heh, Buchis, Ba-Pef, Babi, Ha, Hemen, Hauron, Henkhisesui, Heryshaf, Aa, Abtu, Aby, Amenhotep, son of Hapu, An-a-f, An-hetep-f, Astennu, Ba, Denwen, Djebuty, Djedefhor, Djefa, Dionysus-Osiris, Dunanwi, Fetket, Hapi-Wet, Har-em-akhet, Heneb, Heqaib, Heru-Khu, Hery-sha-duat, Hez-Ur, Hraf-haf, Sekhmet, Wadjet, Heqet, Set, Thoth, Ptah, Fá, Baal, Apedemak, Arensnuphis, Dedun, Ani, Ash, Harpocrates, Abu
- child of
- Menhit, Khnum, Nebetu'u, Mehet-Weret, Neith
Mentioned by
and 7 more
Sources
Source passages
“Menhit was said to be the wife of Khnum and the mother of Heka.”
#11168 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“In the New Kingdom, Sia is depicted in the solar barque in the underworld texts and tomb decorations, together with Hu, the "creative utterance," and Heka, the god of magic.”
#13770 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The word heka in the Egyptian language is also both the word for "magic" and the name of the god of magic and medicine, Heka.”
#14300 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“When Ra traveled in his sun-boat, he was accompanied by various other deities including Sia (perception) and Hu (command), as well as Heka (magic power).”
#17130 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Heka is later depicted as part of the tableau of the divine solar barque and as a protector of Osiris in Duat capable of blinding crocodiles. Then, during the Ptolemaic dynasty, Heka's role was to proclaim the pharaoh's enthronement as a son of Isis, holding him in his arms.”
#24035 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001