#qerhet

[jezwanda]

Devotional painting for the Odd God Squad Qerhet is one of the eight primordial gods of the Hermopolitan Ogdoad. She has the head of a snake and is the female counterpart of Qerh. It is uncertain what aspect she truly represents, but it has been interpreted as Void, Air, Darkness, or Inactivity. In later versions of the Ogdoad she was replaced by Amunet. She is also very picky, and very specific about wanting to be painted as a coiled black snake on a black background, despite the fact that it would be super hard to see. Honestly, the photo shows the details better than the painting does irl. She is pleased tho. Dua Qerhet! Lady of Darkness! Lady of the Void! She who was there at the time of creation!

[kstxiksc]

[merflk]

MYTHICAL:

Qerhet was a local nome goddess in the Delta (north). She is most often shown as a serpent. When Egyptologists excavated the Delta site called Pithom in the Bible (modern Tel al-Maskhutah), they found inscriptions for the “Holy Serpent,” and a portion of the temple was called “the house of the snake goddess, Qerhet.”