Am-heh

Am-heh in hieroglyphs
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Am-heh
devourer of millions

In Egyptian mythology, Am-heh was a minor god from the underworld, whose name means either "devourer of millions" or "eater of eternity".[1] He was depicted as a man with the head of a dog who lived in a lake of fire. Am-heh could only be repelled by the god Atum.[2]

References

  1. ↑ E.A. Wallis Budge, A Hieroglyphic Vocabulary to the Theban Recension of the Book of the Dead, 1911.
  2. ↑ George Hart, The Routledge dictionary of Egyptian gods and goddesses, Psychology Press, 2005, via Google Books
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