Am-heh
Egyptian · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Am-heh is a small, specific horror: a hunting dog's head, a lake of fire to live in, and a name that says he eats millions. Almost nothing else is recorded about him, and the record does not pad it out. He belongs to the same class as Ammit — the Duat's population of things that can end you — and the one structural fact the sources give is the useful one: Atum can drive him off, which is the sort of detail a spell needs to be worth reciting.
Domains
- underworld
Relations
- subordinate to: AtumRecorded as subordinate because the texts give exactly one fact about his place in the hierarchy: Atum can send him away, and nobody else is said to be able to.Reference treatment of Am-heh, in which Atum is the god able to drive him off. (secondary)
Sources
- Am-heh is a dog-headed Egyptian underworld god whose name means 'devourer of millions', who lives in a lake of fire and can be repelled by Atum.: Reference treatment of Am-heh, his name, his form and his lake of fire. (secondary)