Heryshef

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ancient Egyptian deity creator god fertility god underworld deity

Heryshef is an ancient Egyptian ram-headed god associated with creation, fertility, and the underworld, particularly venerated at Heracleopolis Magna.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Heryshef canonical 4

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian deity ⓘ
creator god ⓘ
fertility god ⓘ
underworld deity ⓘ
associatedWith creation ⓘ
fertility ⓘ
rebirth ⓘ
royal power ⓘ
the underworld ⓘ
cosmicRole chthonic aspects through underworld associations ⓘ
solar aspects through syncretism with Ra ⓘ
cultCenterNome 20th Upper Egyptian nome ⓘ
cultCenterRegion central Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Middle Egypt
gender male deity ⓘ
greekName Harsaphes ⓘ
Hersephis NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAnimalAssociation ram ⓘ
hasHeadOf ram ⓘ
hasIconography holding a was-scepter ⓘ
holding an ankh ⓘ
ram-headed man ⓘ
wearing a solar disk ⓘ
hasMajorCultCenter Herakleopolis Magna ⓘ
surface form: Heracleopolis Magna
hasSymbol lake or watery domain ⓘ
ram horns ⓘ
hasTemple ruins of Heracleopolis Magna ⓘ
surface form: Temple of Heryshef at Heracleopolis Magna
linkedTo Dionysus ⓘ
Heracles ⓘ
nameMeaning He who is upon his lake ⓘ
roleInMythology linked to judgment of the dead ⓘ
local creator deity of Heracleopolis ⓘ
protector of the king ⓘ
syncretizedWith Atum ⓘ
Osiris ⓘ
Ra ⓘ
templeExpandedBy Ramesses II ⓘ
Shoshenq I ⓘ
typeOfCult local cult ⓘ
state-recognized cult in some periods ⓘ
veneratedIn Herakleopolis Magna ⓘ
surface form: Heracleopolis Magna

ancient Egypt ⓘ
worshipLanguage Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
worshippedBy inhabitants of Heracleopolis Magna ⓘ
worshipPeriod Late Period of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Late Period

Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Middle Kingdom

New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: New Kingdom

Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Old Kingdom

Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Ptolemaic Period

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ihnasya al-Madinah (Herakleopolis Magna) → dedicatedToDeity → Heryshef ⓘ
subject surface form: Ihnasya al-Madinah
Ihnasya al-Madinah (Herakleopolis Magna) → mainTempleDeity → Heryshef ⓘ
subject surface form: Ihnasya al-Madinah
Herakleopolis Magna → majorDeity → Heryshef ⓘ
Herakleopolis Magna → cultCenterOf → Heryshef ⓘ