Am-heh
Sign in to saveIn Egyptian mythology, Am-heh was a minor god from the underworld, whose name means either "devourer of millions" or "eater of eternity". He was depicted as a man with the head of a hunting dog who lived in a lake of fire. He is sometimes seen as an aspect of Ammit, the personification of divine retribution. Am-heh could only be repelled by the god Atum.
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Vinony's link graph records 297 inbound references to Am-heh, and connects out to Four sons of Horus, list of wind deities and Horus.
It is catalogued under topics including Animal gods, Egyptian gods and Egyptian underworld.
Vinony links it to 15 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- egyptian
- Deity.name
- Am-heh
- Deity.deity_of
- devourer of millions
- Deity.hiero
- a-m-A2-C11-Z1
- Deity.abode
- Lake of fire
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In Egyptian mythology, Am-heh was a minor god from the underworld, whose name means either "devourer of millions" or "eater of eternity". He was depicted as a man with the head of a hunting dog who lived in a lake of fire. He is sometimes seen as an aspect of Ammit, the personification of divine retribution. Am-heh could only be repelled by the god Atum.
==References==
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