Hatmehit
Sign in to saveHatmehit or Hatmehyt () was an Ancient Egyptian goddess associated with the city in the Nile Delta known as Djedet () or Mendes ().
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- Egyptian
- Deity.name
- Hatmehit
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- Hatmehit.svg
- Deity.hiero
- Egyptian: Ḥȝt-mḥjt HAt:mH-H*i*i-t:H8-B1
- Deity.cult_center
- Mendes
- Deity.symbol
- fish
- Deity.offspring
- Harpocrates
- Deity.spouse
- Banebdjedet
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- Isis
- Hathor
- Nephthys
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Hatmehit or Hatmehyt () was an Ancient Egyptian goddess associated with the city in the Nile Delta known as Djedet () or Mendes ().
== Etymology == Hatmehit's name is typically translated as "Foremost of Fish", literally from the words ḥȝt "Chief, head, foremost" and mḥyt "fish" (as a mass noun). However, the word mḥyt in Hatmehit's name does not include the fish determinative, which allows it to have a double meaning. The root of mḥyt is mḥj, which also means "to flood". Therefore 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.
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