Heqat
Source: © Cleveland Museum of Art website
Frog bead
Source: Jessi Stumpfel, Duke University
Frogs
Frogs, as creatures of the underworld, symbolized the creation of life. The original male deities of Hermopolis were often depicted with frog heads and the frog was the holy animal of the goddess of birth Heqat. In the Khontamenti temple at Abydos many little frogs made of faience and stone were found, votive offerings to Heqat.A frog also accompanied the god of the Nile. The amphibians certainly were great friends of the water. As Ankhsheshonq had it:
The frogs praise Hapy, the mice eat the emmer.The Instruction of Ankhsheshonq
M. Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature, Vol.3, p.177
