Heqet
A frog-headed Egyptian god.
↻ synthesized from 6 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Ancient Egypt
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Monthu, Seker, Inmyeonjo, Kuk, Kauket, Meretseger, Sobek, Thoth, Heka, Satis, Anuket, Hathor, Nut, Wadjet, Mut, Nekhbet, Nephthys, Neith, Amunet, Anput, Hesat, Serket, Renenutet, Imentet, Wosret, Ma'at, Ra, Sirin, Gamayun, Karura, Alkonost, Bird goddess, Cuca, Coco, Bat, Menhit, Bastet, Pakhet, Sekhmet, Tefnut
- consort of
- Khnum
- syncretized with
- Hathor
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Heqet – A frog-headed Egyptian god.”
#4734 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Papyrus Westcar recounts the story of Isis, Nephthys, Meskhenet, and Heqet as traveling dancers in disguise, assisting the wife of a priest”
#11352 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“A possible theory of a foreign origin for the name may be Heqet (ḥqt), a frog-headed Egyptian goddess of fertility and childbirth, who, like Hecate, was also associated with ḥqꜣ, ruler.”
#14299 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The beginning of her cult dates to the Early Dynastic Period at least. Her name was part of the names of some high-born Second Dynasty individuals buried at Helwan, such as prince Nisuheqet, and was mentioned on a stela of Wepemnofret and in the Pyramid Texts.”
#20028 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Khnum is often portrayed alongside the frog-headed fertility goddess Heqet, who can be seen assisting him at the pottery wheel, as seen in the wall relief of the mammisi of Nectanebo II. Khnum and Heqet can also be found together molding the god Ihy at the Dendera Temple.”
#24295 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001