Hesat

**Hesat**


 * Other Names:**

Hesahet, Hesaret


 * Meaning of Name:**

“Milk”


 * Hieroglyphics****:**




 * Titles:**

“The Wild One”

“The One Who Creates All Nourishment”


 * Family:**

Hesat was considered to be the mother of Mnevis, and was sometimes thought to be the mother of Anubis and Apis.

A nurturing cow goddess of pregnancy, Hesat was believed to be the source of nursing milk. She was believed to have nursed the pharaohs themselves, and well as several bull gods. The ancient Egyptians referred to milk as the “Beer of Hesat.” In a time when many women died in childbirth, the ability of cow’s milk to sustain a human baby was deeply appreciated. She was pictured as a divine white cow, wearing the sun-disk, a menat, and the flail. Often Hesat carried a tray of food on her horns, and had milk flowing from her udders.


 * Quotes from the Book of the Dead and other sources:**

“May Hesat the Great put her hands on him, she the long of horn, the pendulous of breast.”

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