Am-heh

Am-heh
Am-heh
devourer of millions
Name in hieroglyphs

Last updated February 07, 2025

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

↑ Budge, E. A. Wallis (1911). A Hieroglyphic Vocabulary to the Theban Recension of the Book of the Dead. AMS Press. ISBN 9780404113353.
↑ "gizmodo.com". Gizmodo. 17 February 2015. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
↑ Hart, George (2005). The Routledge Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0203023624.

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[1] Budge, E. A. Wallis (1911). A Hieroglyphic Vocabulary to the Theban Recension of the Book of the Dead. AMS Press. ISBN 9780404113353.

[2] "gizmodo.com". Gizmodo. 17 February 2015. Retrieved 2016-10-11.

[3] Hart, George (2005). The Routledge Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0203023624.

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