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{{short description|Ancient Egyptian deity}}
{{Infobox deity
|type = egyptian
|name = Am-heh
|deity_of =''devourer of millions''
|hiero = <hiero>a-m-A2-C11-Z1</hiero>
|abode = [[Lake of fire]]
}}
{{Ancient Egyptian religion}}
In [[Egyptian mythology]], '''Am-heh''' was a minor god from the underworld, whose name means either "devourer of millions" or "eater of eternity".<ref>{{cite book|last1=Budge|first1=E. A. Wallis|title=A Hieroglyphic Vocabulary to the Theban Recension of the Book of the Dead|date=1911|publisher=AMS Press|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S-VtnQAACAAJ&q=A+Hieroglyphic+Vocabulary+to+the+Theban+Recension+of+the+Book+of+the+Dead|isbn=9780404113353}}</ref> He was depicted as a man with the head of a [[Tesem|hunting dog]] who lived in a [[lake of fire]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ancientegyptonline.co.uk/amheh/|title=Am-heh|website=ancientegyptonline.co.uk}}</ref> He is sometimes seen as an aspect of [[Ammit]], the personification of divine retribution. Am-heh could only be repelled by the god [[Atum]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hart|first1=George|title=The Routledge Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses|date=2005|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0203023624|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yTNxvArA5YIC&q=am-heh+god+underworld&pg=PA12}}</ref>

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