Editing Heka (god) (section)

=== General myths ===
Heka is later depicted as part of the tableau of the divine [[solar barque]] and as a protector of [[Osiris]] in [[Duat]] capable of blinding crocodiles. 

Then, during the [[Ptolemaic dynasty]], Heka's role was to proclaim the pharaoh's enthronement as a son of Isis, holding him in his arms.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hart |first1=George |year=2005 |title=The Routledge Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses |publisher=Psychology Press |isbn=978-0415344951 |page=66 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0L83uBijeZwC |access-date=22 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Dunand |first1=Françoise |author1-link=Françoise Dunand |last2=Zivie-Coche |first2=Christiane |year=2004 |title=Gods and Men in Egypt: 3000&nbsp;BCE to 395&nbsp;CE |publisher=Cornell University Press |isbn=978-0801441653 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BrW2xNQTVN0C&q=heka&pg=PA123}}</ref>

Heka also appears as part of a divine triad in [[Esna]], Ptolemaic and Roman capital of the [[Nome (Egypt)|Third Nome]] of the [[Thebaid]] of [[Upper Egypt]], where he is the son of ram-headed [[Khnum]] and a succession of goddesses. His mother was alternately said to be [[Nebtuwi|Nebetu'u]] (a form of [[Hathor]]), lion-headed [[Menhit]], and the cow goddess [[Mehet-Weret]], before settling on [[Neith]], a war and mother goddess.<ref>{{cite book |last=Najovits |first=Simson R. |date=May 2003 |title=Egypt, Trunk of the Tree |volume=I: A Modern Survey of and Ancient Land |publisher=Algora Publishing |isbn=9780875862347 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y72qrAmKcfEC&q=heka%20khnum%20triad&pg=PA102}}</ref>

[[Werethekau]] whose name means "she who has great magic" is also sometimes connected with the force of Heka. 

As Egyptologist Ogden Goelet (1994)<ref name="Commentary" /> explains, magic in the ''[[Book of the Dead]]'' is problematic: The text uses various words corresponding to 'magic', for the Egyptians thought magic was a legitimate belief. As Goelet explains:
{{quote|''Heka'' magic is many things, but, above all, it has a close association with speech and the power of the word. In the realm of Egyptian magic, actions did not necessarily speak louder than words – they were often one and the same thing. Thought, deed, image, and power are theoretically united in the concept of ''Heka''.|O. Goelet (1994)<ref name="Commentary">{{cite book |author=Ani |display-authors=etal |year=1994 |orig-year=1250&nbsp;BCE |editor-first=Ogden Jr. |editor-last=Goelet |translator-first=Raymond |translator-last=Faulkner |others=preface by Carol Andrews |title=The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Book of Going Forth by Day |edition=1st |page=145 |title-link=The Egyptian Book of the Dead |publisher=Chronicle Books |location=San Francisco, CA |isbn=0811807673 |quote=being the Papyrus of Ani (royal scribe of the divine offerings), written and illustrated circa 1250&nbsp;BCE, by scribes and artists unknown, including the balance of chapters of the books of the dead known as the Theban recension, compiled from ancient texts, dating back to the roots of Egyptian civilization}}</ref>}}