Hatmehit

Hatmehit, also Hat- Mehit, is an ancient Egyptian goddess who occupied since the 4th Dynasty as fish deity and is a Gaugöttin of the 16th Lower Egyptian Fischgaues. She is depicted as a woman with a catfish -like fish on his head, which they then also contributes to a uraeus diadem. On amulets she appears as a fish.

Worship was Hatmehit in Mendes, but there are also representations in the Amun Temple of Hibis. The goddess was considered in the late period as the wife of Aries Mendes. Since the 3 Meanwhile, both with Harpocrates form the so-called triad of Mendes.

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