Also called Heket, Hekat.
Their story
Frogs appeared in great numbers after the flood, and Egyptians saw in them a sign of teeming life. Heqet, the frog goddess, was linked with the last stages of labour. In the Westcar Papyrus she travels with Isis, Nephthys, Meskhenet and Khnum, disguised as a group of musicians, to deliver the triplets who will become kings of the Fifth Dynasty, and Heqet is the one who hastens the birth. Frog amulets and figures on birth wands show how widely she was trusted.
Best times to give to them
- the inundation
- the birth of a child
What they like being given
- water
- bread
- flowers
- a frog figure or amulet
How to honour them
- Ask her help for those who are in labour or hoping to conceive.
- Keep a small frog amulet as a sign of new life.
How they can help you
- fertility
- childbirth
- new beginnings
Symbols
- frog
- frog-headed woman
- ivory birth wands
Sources
- Westcar Papyrus (Berlin P 3033)
- Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt
More Egyptian goddesses
- Isis Great of Magic, mother of Horus
- Bastet Protector of the home, lady of joy
- Hathor The Golden One, lady of love and music
- Sekhmet The Powerful One, healer and protector
- Maat Truth, balance and right order
- Nephthys Lady of the House, comforter of the grieving
- Taweret The Great One, guardian of mothers
- Amunet The hidden goddess of the primordial eight