Hatmehit
Ringkasan
Hatmehit adalah dewi ikan Mesir kuno dari kawasan Delta Nil di sekitar Mendes, digambarkan sebagai ikan atau perempuan dengan ikan di kepalanya.
Hatmehit is an ancient Egyptian fish goddess of the Nile Delta around Mendes, shown as a fish or as a woman with a fish on her head.
Kisah dan tradisi
Hatmehit adalah dewi Mesir yang sudah dikenal sebagai dewi ikan sejak Dinasti Keempat dan menjadi dewi nome ke-16 Mesir Hilir. Ia digambarkan sebagai perempuan dengan ikan mirip lele di kepalanya, yang dikenakan di atas diadem uraeus, atau sebagai ikan pada jimat. Menurut World History Encyclopedia, ia berasal dari lambang totem nome di sekitar Mendes, yaitu seekor ikan. Hatmehit dipuja terutama di Mendes, dan gambarannya juga ditemukan di kuil Amun di Hibis serta di kuil dan makam lain di Mesir. Bersama dewa Banebdjedet (Domba Mendes) dan Harpocrates, ia membentuk triad Mendes. Karena Mendes menjadi pusat pembuatan parfum, ia juga dikaitkan dengan aroma harum. Namanya biasanya diterjemahkan "Yang Terdepan di Antara Ikan", meskipun kadang juga dipahami sebagai "Yang Terdepan dari Banjir". Pada periode kemudian ia mengambil ikonografi Isis dan Hathor, dan sejak Periode Peralihan Ketiga Isis mulai mengambil perannya dalam kultus setempat.
Hatmehit is an Egyptian goddess attested as a fish goddess from the Fourth Dynasty and a goddess of the 16th nome of Lower Egypt. She is depicted as a woman with a catfish-like fish on her head, which she wears over a uraeus diadem, or as a fish on amulets. According to World History Encyclopedia, she arose from the totemic symbol of the nome around Mendes, which was a fish. Hatmehit was worshipped mainly at Mendes, and depictions of her are also found in Amun's temple at Hibis and in other temples and tombs in Egypt. With the god Banebdjedet (the Ram of Mendes) and Harpocrates she forms the Mendes triad. Because Mendes was a centre of perfume production, she was also associated with good scents. Her name is usually translated "Foremost of the Fish", although it is sometimes also understood as "Foremost of the Inundation". In later periods she takes on the iconography of Isis and Hathor, and from the Third Intermediate Period Isis began to take her role in the local cult.
Fakta utama
- Budaya / Culture
- Mitologi Mesir Kuno
- Kawasan / Region
- Afrika
- Klasifikasi / Classification
- Deity
Nama lain / Alternate names
Hatmehyt
Tahukah kamu? / Did you know?
Karena Mendes menjadi pusat pembuatan parfum, Hatmehit dikaitkan dengan aroma harum dan bergelar antara lain "Nyonya mur".
Because Mendes was a centre of perfume production, Hatmehit was associated with good scents and bore epithets such as "Lady of myrrh".