Per-Ḥemen
𓎛𓏠𓈖𓀭 𓎛𓏠𓈖𓅌 𓎛𓏠𓈖 𓎛𓏠𓂞𓈖 𓅌
𓎛𓏠𓂠𓈖𓅌
𓎛𓏠𓂠𓈖𓅌
MDC: Hmn
Gardiner:
Budge:
Alt Egyptian: Ḥmn
Demotic:
Transliteration: Hemen
Coptic:
Hebrew:
Greek:
Arabic:
English: Hemen
Kemetic:
Alt:
IPA:
Pronounced: Ḥemen, Ḥemin
Meaning: "Butcher" - /hmn/ 𓎛𓏠𓈖𓀜
Ref Adolf Erman and Hermann Grapow, VIII, P95
Gardiner:
Budge:
Alt Egyptian: Ḥmn
Demotic:
Transliteration: Hemen
Coptic:
Hebrew:
Greek:
Arabic:
English: Hemen
Kemetic:
Alt:
IPA:
Pronounced: Ḥemen, Ḥemin
Meaning: "Butcher" - /hmn/ 𓎛𓏠𓈖𓀜
Ref Adolf Erman and Hermann Grapow, VIII, P95
Taharqa offering to Hemen. The Louvre, Paris.
Home: Upper Egypt ,Tuphium
Dynasty:
Temple: Main Hefat
Nomes: 4th Nome Upper Egypt Waset- In the city Iuny/ iwni/ Iwnw town of El Tod Hemen god of Tuphium, 3rd Nome Upper Egypt Nekhen- city of Hout-Senefrou /Ḥw.t-Snfrw worshiped as Horus-Hemen lord of Asphynis, 3rd Nome Upper Egypt Nekhen- City of Hefat /HfAw as Hemen of Hefa/Horakhte-Hemen of Hefat, 4th Nome Upper Egypt Waset-Djerty/ Drty
Consort
Auset/Isis
Nebet-Hut/Nephthys
Children
Daughter (Nephthys or Isis)
Parents
Alternative Parentage
Siblings
Female/Male counter part
Priest names
Followers
Features
Falcon god holding a cobra in its talons (A symbol of protection against evil), divine entity unified with Horus, holding a snake in his hands (Book of the Dead)
Symbols
hippopotamus
harpoon (hippopotamus bone)
spear
Roles
Warrior Falcon god who fights the forces of chaos and evil by piercing with his spear a hippopotamus or otherdangerouse animals (embodiment of evil forces), Local afterlife god. Protector of Osiris who he avenges (Pyramid text), he also attacks with a harpoon Set as a Hippo. Hemen of Hefat is said to be oracle (22nd D), Protected the Pharoh and tomb, flooding of the Nile
Interesting facts
There is a city named after him "Hemen" (Flinders Petrie)
Hybrid gods
Horus-Hemen "Hor-Hemen lord of Asfynis"
Horachty-Hemen (Upper Egyptian city of Hefat)
Connection to other gods
Horus (Horus-Hemen)
Ha
Celebrations
Nautical festivals "procession of Hemen" - ended with the killing of a hippopotamus (embodiment of evil forces), or bulls or fish and criminals
Offering items
hippopotamus statues or figures
harpoon
spear
Protects
Other names
Horus-Hemen (lord of Asphynis)
Hemen of Tuphium
Names derived from the God's name
Epitaphs
Hemen of Tuphium
Horus-Hemen lord of Asphynis (3rd Nome Upper Egypt Nekhen- city of Hout-Senefrou)
Hemen of Hefa/Horakhte-Hemen of Hefat (3rd Nome Upper Egypt Nekhen- City of Hefat)
Lord of sxt-m-rt
Dynasty:
Temple: Main Hefat
Nomes: 4th Nome Upper Egypt Waset- In the city Iuny/ iwni/ Iwnw town of El Tod Hemen god of Tuphium, 3rd Nome Upper Egypt Nekhen- city of Hout-Senefrou /Ḥw.t-Snfrw worshiped as Horus-Hemen lord of Asphynis, 3rd Nome Upper Egypt Nekhen- City of Hefat /HfAw as Hemen of Hefa/Horakhte-Hemen of Hefat, 4th Nome Upper Egypt Waset-Djerty/ Drty
Consort
Auset/Isis
Nebet-Hut/Nephthys
Children
Daughter (Nephthys or Isis)
Parents
Alternative Parentage
Siblings
Female/Male counter part
Priest names
Followers
Features
Falcon god holding a cobra in its talons (A symbol of protection against evil), divine entity unified with Horus, holding a snake in his hands (Book of the Dead)
Symbols
hippopotamus
harpoon (hippopotamus bone)
spear
Roles
Warrior Falcon god who fights the forces of chaos and evil by piercing with his spear a hippopotamus or otherdangerouse animals (embodiment of evil forces), Local afterlife god. Protector of Osiris who he avenges (Pyramid text), he also attacks with a harpoon Set as a Hippo. Hemen of Hefat is said to be oracle (22nd D), Protected the Pharoh and tomb, flooding of the Nile
Interesting facts
There is a city named after him "Hemen" (Flinders Petrie)
Hybrid gods
Horus-Hemen "Hor-Hemen lord of Asfynis"
Horachty-Hemen (Upper Egyptian city of Hefat)
Connection to other gods
Horus (Horus-Hemen)
Ha
Celebrations
Nautical festivals "procession of Hemen" - ended with the killing of a hippopotamus (embodiment of evil forces), or bulls or fish and criminals
Offering items
hippopotamus statues or figures
harpoon
spear
Protects
Other names
Horus-Hemen (lord of Asphynis)
Hemen of Tuphium
Names derived from the God's name
Epitaphs
Hemen of Tuphium
Horus-Hemen lord of Asphynis (3rd Nome Upper Egypt Nekhen- city of Hout-Senefrou)
Hemen of Hefa/Horakhte-Hemen of Hefat (3rd Nome Upper Egypt Nekhen- City of Hefat)
Lord of sxt-m-rt
