Saturday, July 6, 2013

HEKET - Frog Goddess


I find something really calming about Heket. I like frogs too. And green is my favourite colour. There is something about Heket :)

  • She is the divine midwife of Ancient Egypt, the protector of new life.
  • Depicted as a frog or a woman with the head of a frog.
  • She was frequently invoked to bring protection to the process of childbirth, or to defend the family unit and guard the home.
  • Women would wear amulets and scarabs with her image during childbirth, and she brought relief to mothers.
  • Her influence brings the first signs of life, the quickening, to the unborn child and hastens the last stages of labour.
  • Midwives were often given the title 'servants of Heket' in honour of their work.
  • Her colours are green and pink.
(Lawson 1996)
Image : http://www.elfwood.com/~cuypers/Heket.2650721.html

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