In Egypt, Heqet was the Egyptian goddess of fertility and childbirth. She was also referred to as the "Frog Goddess". Frogs were deemed a symbol of fertility, pregnancy, and childbirth because of ancient stories and concepts such as:
- Heqet helped and guided the pharaoh into the Underworld.
- Said to be the daughter of the sun God "Ra".
- Cults in Egypt used to worship the frog because they were believed to have had an important role in the creation of the world.
- Frogs were associated with fertility because they appeared in large numbers before the yearly flooding of the Nile River.
- Hequet would breathe life into the body after Khnum, another deity, would sculpt humans out of mud from the Nile River. She would eventually put the child into the female's womb.
- Hequet was also portrayed as a midwife in Greek mythology.
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Source: https://symbolsage.com/heqet-egyptian-frog-goddess/
2 comments:
I have never heard of a frog goddess and it is pretty nice that there is one. Ra the sun god reminds me of Raava the spirit of light. Raava was probably inspired by Ra. I think frogs were chosen to depict fertility because one frog can have thousands of offspring.
Are there other cultures that have associated frogs with fertility?
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