entities: ENT_EGY_HEH

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entity_id canonical_name greek_name tradition entity_type category primary_domains tags cult_scope primary_period evidence_confidence review_status inclusion_basis earth_association_score chthonic_flag serpent_flag short_note entity_class
ENT_EGY_HEH Heh   Egyptian Primordial deity Primordial Deity infinity; eternity; primordial space   Hermopolitan/Pan-Egyptian   A candidate_verified_name Egyptian primordial deity 0 0 0 Heh (also Huh, Hah) is the male member of the Ogdoad pair representing primordial infinity or boundlessness. His name means "million," "eternity," or "infinite number" — a conceptual expression of the unboundedness that characterized the pre-creation state. Heh is one of the most distinctively Egyptian divine concepts: the personification of boundless time and space before the ordered cosmos imposed limit and measure on eternity. He is particularly interesting as both an Ogdoad member (the primordial force of boundlessness) and as a separate deity in Egyptian religion: in his non-Ogdoad aspect, Heh is depicted as a kneeling man holding a palm rib (hieroglyph for "year") in each hand, with tadpoles hanging from the ribs as symbols of millions of years — a visual expression of infinite duration. In this form he is frequently placed in the hands of pharaohs as a symbol of eternal reign. As an Ogdoad member, Heh is the infinite spatial-temporal expanse that preceded creation; as an individual deity, he is the divine gift of eternal life that the creator bestows upon kingship. His female counterpart is Hauhet. Wilkinson (2003) pp. 100-101; Pinch (2002) pp. 132-133. deity

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