Hau

Hau


 * Other Names:**

Huh, Hu, Hw


 * Meaning of Name:**

“Endlessness”

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 * Titles:**

“The One Who Speaks in the Darkness”

"General of Upper Egypt"


 * Family:**

His female counterpart (as well as wife) was Hauhet. Hu was thought to have been created by Ptah or Ra.

Hau was a god of intelligence and the perceptive mind, the personification of divine command. Together with Sia, Hau is known for the help he gave the sun god Ra on his barque during the nightly journey through the Duat. A special duty of Hau's was to protect the tongue of the dead. Associated with royalty, Hau appears as a companion of the deceased king in the heavens. Hau was often depicted as a frog, or as a frog-headed man. He was sometimes pictured as a sphinx. Hau and Sia together were considered the “tongue and heart” of the god Ptah.


 * Feast and Holy Days:**

December 14 (The Appearance of Hau and Sia)

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