God heryshef

الملخص EN

This paper deals with one of the celestial gods in ancient Egyptian religion, god Heryshef, who was the main deity at Ahnsia Al madina.

He was god for fertility, and he was a creator god.

He was worshipped during the Greco roman period in the form of god Hasrsaphes and they identified him with Hercles (Wilkinson, 2003: 193).

It is mentioned at Palermo stone that he was worshipped from the 1st dynasty, but the oldest temple dedicated to this god, dating to Middle Kingdom, and it was enlarged by Ramses II.

Heryshef associated with Wsir and Re, and he was known as the bA of these deities (George, 2005:68).

He appeared in the form of a ram with horizontal horns or in a human form with ram head.

He is characterized by many qualities and titles.

The paper aims at studying this god showing how he was important in the ancient Egyptian religion by studying his titles, qualities, forms, and his relations to other deities.