Heset

Other Names: Hesat

Patron of: food and drink.

Appearance: a cow carrying a tray of food on her horns with drink flowing from her udders.

Description: Heset was an ancient fertility goddess, though her cult was supplanted by the cult of Hathor, a very similar goddess. In later times she was changed to be a goddess of plenty or of food and drink. The ancient Egyptians referred to beer as the "milk of Heset."

Return to the Gods

Website by David C. Scott of InterCity Oz, Inc.
All Contents Copyright © 2000-2004 David C. Scott and InterCity Oz, Inc.