Hehet

**Hehet**


 * Other Names:**

Hauhet


 * Meaning of Name:**

“Magical Speech”


 * Family:**

Her male counterpart (as well as husband) was Heh.

The name of Hehet was the same as Heh's, except with a feminine ending. One of the Ogdoad, Hehet was the goddess of infinity and time, of long life and eternity. As well as being a goddess of time, she was also a fire goddess. Hehet was pictured as a kneeling woman grasping two palm fronds, wearing another palm frond on her head. Sometimes she was depicted as a woman with the head of a cobra or cat.

Egyptian Deities - H