Editing Heh (god) (section)

==Origins and mythology==
The primary meaning of the [[Egyptian language|Egyptian]] word ''ḥeḥ'' was "million" or "millions"; a personification of this concept, Ḥeḥ, was adopted as the Egyptian god of infinity. With his female counterpart Ḥauḥet (or Ḥeḥut), Ḥeḥ represented one of the four god-goddess pairs comprising the [[Ogdoad (Egyptian)|Ogdoad]], a pantheon of eight primeval deities whose worship was centred at [[Hermopolis Magna]].
The mythology of the Ogdoad describes its eight members, Heh and Hauhet, [[Nu (mythology)|Nu]] and [[Naunet]], [[Amun]] and [[Amaunet]], and [[Kuk (mythology)|Kuk]] and [[Kauket]], coming together in the cataclysmic event that gives rise to the sun (and its deific personification, [[Atum]]).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hart|first1=George|title=Egyptian Myths|date=1990|publisher=British Museum Publications|location=London|page=21}}</ref>

Heh sometimes helps [[Shu (Egyptian god)|Shu]], a god associated with air, in supporting the sky goddess [[Nut (goddess)|Nut]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Handbook of Egyptian Mythology|first=Geraldine|last=Pinch|year=2002|page=139}}</ref> In the [[Book of the Heavenly Cow]], eight Heh gods are depicted together with Shu supporting Nut, who has taken the form of a cow.<ref>{{cite book |title=A Guide to the Gods, Goddesses, and Traditions of Ancient Egypt |first=Geraldine |last=Pinch |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2004 |isbn=0-19-517024-5 |pages=75, 77}}</ref>