Hemen is a falcon god in the Ancient Egyptian religion
Hemen | |
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Symbol | Falcon |
Often worshipped as a divine entity unified with Horus, as Horus-Hemen lord of Asphynis[1] or Horakhte-Hemen of Hefat.[2][3][4] Flinders Petrie refers to Hemen as a god of Tuphium. Hemen is also used for the name of a town of ancient Egypt (as mentioned by Flinders Petrie during his studies of Abydos).[5]
Hemen is mentioned in a limited number of inscriptions and texts. Some of these include: