Am-heh

Am-heh
devourer of millions
Name in hieroglyphs

In Egyptian mythology, Am-heh was a minor god from the underworld, whose name means either "devourer of millions" or "eater of eternity". ^[1] He was depicted as a man with the head of a hunting dog who lived in a lake of fire. ^[2] He is sometimes seen as an aspect of Ammit, the personification of divine retribution. Am-heh could only be repelled by the god Atum. ^[3]

References

1. Budge, E. A. Wallis (1911). A Hieroglyphic Vocabulary to the Theban Recension of the Book of the Dead. AMS Press. ISBN   9780404113353.
2. "Am-heh". ancientegyptonline.co.uk.
3. Hart, George (2005). The Routledge Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses. Taylor & Francis. ISBN   978-0203023624.