ID: 901002543 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002543	Record Type: Character/Person

	Heket (Egyptian deity)

Note: Ancient Egyptian frog goddess, worshipped particulary at Antinopolis; associated with water and the rapids in rivers, and with childbirth.

Names:

	Heket (Egyptian deity) (preferred,English)
	Heqet (Egyptian deity) (English)
	Heget (Egyptian deity) (English)
	Heqat (Egyptian deity) (English)
	Hektet (Egyptian deity) (English)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Egyptian iconography> (P)
		........<Egyptian characters> (P)
		............Heket (Egyptian deity) (I)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... deity
	.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Ancient Egyptian (culture)
	.....(Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	affiliated/associated with .... water (inorganic material)
	.....(inorganic material, materials by composition, materials (substances), Materials (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	affiliated/associated with .... childbirth
	.....(personal life events, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	affiliated/associated with .... frog (animal)
	.....(Anura (order), Amphibia (class), Vertebrata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Heket (Egyptian deity)
	................BHA Subject Headings (1985-)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh2007000141
	Heqet (Egyptian deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Heget (Egyptian deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Heqat (Egyptian deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Hektet (Egyptian deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................ Hart, George, Routledge Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses (2005)
	................ BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021)