Am-heh ( Egyptian. ˁm-ḥḥw "eater of millions") - in ancient Egyptian mythology is the secondary god of the afterlife . Am-Heh looked like a man with a dog's head and lived in a lake of fire. Of all the gods, only the sun god Atum (Ra) could rule him [1] .
| Am heh | |||||||
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| minor god of the afterlife | |||||||
| Mythology | ancient Egyptian | ||||||
| Name interpretation | "Eater of millions" | ||||||
| Latin writing | Am-hehu, Am-heh, Am-schut | ||||||
Sometimes he is confused with another underground deity Amat , who devoured the dead, whose hearts outweighed the feather of the truth of the goddess Maat at the trial of Osiris .
See also
- Aken
- Ba pef
- Charon
Notes
- ↑ George Hart. The Routledge Dictionary of the Egyptian Gods and Goddesses . - Taylor & Francis, 2005. - 187 p. - ISBN 9780203023624 .
Literature
- Chegodaev, M. А. The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead - fragments of translation and comments // Questions of history. 1994. № 8. S. 145-163; No. 9. P. 141-151.