CHAP. XIII. THRIPHIS. HEKTE. 39 



ever, are not ascertained, though it is probable she 

 had the head of a lion. * 



Mr. Burton has given another Goddess with the 

 head of that animal in the 26th Plate of his valu- 

 able " Excerpta;" but being of late Roman time, 

 and of uncertain character, I have not introduced 

 her with the other lion-headed Deities. 



Hak, Hekte (Hecate ?). 



This Deity has also the head of a lion, sur- 

 mounted by a solar disk; and she sometimes ap- 

 pears under a human form, with the head-dress of 

 Athor. Her name reads Hak, or Hekte, probably 

 the origin of the Grecian Hecate ; and it is when 

 bearing the attributes of this Goddess that Isis 

 has the name of Hekte, or Hecate, attached to her 

 own, as I have already observed. t Even the God- 

 dess Maut is found sometimes to assume the title 

 of Hekte, as well as her form and attributes t; and 

 the same are likewise given to Pasht or Bubastis.§ 



Her figure occurs at Medeenet Haboo, and on 

 other monuments of ancient date, both among the 

 Gods of the temples and the Deities of the tombs, 

 recalling the " Hecaten Coeloque Ereboque poten- 

 tem" of Virgil. II According to Epiphanius, Hecate 

 is the same as Tithrambo ; since he says, " some are 



* Vide supra, Vol. I. (2d Series) p. 265. 

 f Vide supra. Vol. I. (•2d Series) p. 369. 

 j Vide Plate 27. Part 1. fig. 2. Hierog. 4. 



§ Vide S7ipra, Vol. I. (2d Series) p. 282. ; and Plate 27. Part 2. 

 Hierog. 2. 



II Virg. ^n. vi. 24.7. 



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