Heka

also Hike

The embodiment of magic which was instrumental in the creation process. Heka's influence was ubiquitous, both in this life as in the next one could not do without him. In the Coffin Texts the deceased rely implicitly on Heka's assistance.

I am not afraid in my limbs, for Hu and Hike overthrow for me that evil being.
M. Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature, Vol.1, p.132

At the same time the dead were furnished with magical spells to protect them.
Heka belonged to the Triad of Latopolis, as son of Khnum and Menhit.

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