Also called Hike, Magic.
Their story
Heka was the personification of magic, the creative force that the creator used to bring the world into being. In Coffin Texts spell 261 he declares that he existed before the gods and was made by the Sole Lord before anything else came into being. He rode in the sun boat with Hu and Sia, and doctors and magicians worked under his authority. For Egyptians heka was not a trick but a real force woven into the order of the world.
Best times to give to them
- dawn
- before any ritual
What they like being given
- incense
- water
- bread
- spoken words of praise
How to honour them
- Begin a ritual by acknowledging Heka as the power behind the words.
- Speak carefully, remembering that Egyptians treated words as having real power.
How they can help you
- ritual work
- healing
- confidence in speaking
- protection
Symbols
- man with a lion's hindquarters glyph on the head
- two intertwined serpents
Sources
- Coffin Texts, Spell 261
- Ritner, The Mechanics of Ancient Egyptian Magical Practice
- Pinch, Magic in Ancient Egypt
More Egyptian gods
- Osiris Lord of the afterlife and new growth
- Horus The falcon, protector of the rightful king
- Ra The sun who sails the sky
- Thoth Scribe of the gods, lord of wisdom
- Anubis Guardian and guide of the dead
- Khonsu The Traveller, the moon who heals
- Amun The hidden king of the gods at Thebes
- Ptah Creator by word and patron of craftsmen