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The first paragraph of the article states, "The term "Heka" was also used for the practice of magical ritual and, through the Coptic word " hik", is the source of the word " magic". Etymology of Magic: late 14c., "art of influencing events and producing marvels," from O.Fr. magique, from L. magice "sorcery, magic," from Gk. magike (presumably with tekhne "art"), fem. of magikos "magical," from magos "one of the members of the learned and priestly class," from O.Pers. magush, possibly from PIE *magh- "to be able, to have power".
Nothing about "hik" or "heka". If there is an alternate etymology please provide a source for it. Lily20 ( talk) 20:50, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
Thank you! Lily20 ( talk) 18:33, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
This looks more like Harpocrates than Heka - the source says its from Denderah and is Heka the child - I have never come across this epithet before. Anyone familiar with Denderah? Apepch7 ( talk) 20:02, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
Considering Heka is the god of magic, is there any connection to the Greek goddess Hecate? Given the somewhat overlapping domains and the similarity in the names I'd be surprised if there wasn't some sort of connection, but I realize it could hypothetically be a coincidence, too, especially as the more-detailed seeming Hecate article makes no mention of Heka (though, strangely, it says her name has been "compared" to the Egyptian goddess of childbirth).
Is there any scholarly study on this possibility? I'm not familiar with anthropology circles enough to know off the bat what would be a Reliable Source in that field. 108.188.199.60 ( talk) 18:31, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
Is it possible it could also bear a relation to words hex, hexe, heks, etc. in Germanic languages? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 51.37.170.247 ( talk) 04:06, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
The article heku discusses the selfsame concept as this one and should probably be merged into Heka (god); as the etymology section of this article says, they represent the same Egyptian word, ḥkꜣ(w). The article titles just use different anglicizations. The only difference between the articles is that one takes the personification of this concept as a god as its starting point, whereas the other starts with it as an abstraction, but each goes on to talk about the other. Separating them doesn’t make much sense. — Vorziblix ( talk) 16:56, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
I've merged the two pages, although the text at Heku was so poorly written that I didn't actually copy any of its text; I just mentioned a few deities that it mentioned into this article. I should rewrite the page so it properly explains this concept, which is integral to Egyptian religion. A. Parrot ( talk) 19:19, 29 September 2018 (UTC)
You misquoted Goelet. Actually the passage from Paul Mirecki's sarcophage script reads: "I am he whom the Unique Lord MADE* before Duality had yet come into being..."
So, Heka DID NOT exist before duality had yet come into being.
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The first paragraph of the article states, "The term "Heka" was also used for the practice of magical ritual and, through the Coptic word " hik", is the source of the word " magic". Etymology of Magic: late 14c., "art of influencing events and producing marvels," from O.Fr. magique, from L. magice "sorcery, magic," from Gk. magike (presumably with tekhne "art"), fem. of magikos "magical," from magos "one of the members of the learned and priestly class," from O.Pers. magush, possibly from PIE *magh- "to be able, to have power".
Nothing about "hik" or "heka". If there is an alternate etymology please provide a source for it. Lily20 ( talk) 20:50, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
Thank you! Lily20 ( talk) 18:33, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
This looks more like Harpocrates than Heka - the source says its from Denderah and is Heka the child - I have never come across this epithet before. Anyone familiar with Denderah? Apepch7 ( talk) 20:02, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
Considering Heka is the god of magic, is there any connection to the Greek goddess Hecate? Given the somewhat overlapping domains and the similarity in the names I'd be surprised if there wasn't some sort of connection, but I realize it could hypothetically be a coincidence, too, especially as the more-detailed seeming Hecate article makes no mention of Heka (though, strangely, it says her name has been "compared" to the Egyptian goddess of childbirth).
Is there any scholarly study on this possibility? I'm not familiar with anthropology circles enough to know off the bat what would be a Reliable Source in that field. 108.188.199.60 ( talk) 18:31, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
Is it possible it could also bear a relation to words hex, hexe, heks, etc. in Germanic languages? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 51.37.170.247 ( talk) 04:06, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
The article heku discusses the selfsame concept as this one and should probably be merged into Heka (god); as the etymology section of this article says, they represent the same Egyptian word, ḥkꜣ(w). The article titles just use different anglicizations. The only difference between the articles is that one takes the personification of this concept as a god as its starting point, whereas the other starts with it as an abstraction, but each goes on to talk about the other. Separating them doesn’t make much sense. — Vorziblix ( talk) 16:56, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
I've merged the two pages, although the text at Heku was so poorly written that I didn't actually copy any of its text; I just mentioned a few deities that it mentioned into this article. I should rewrite the page so it properly explains this concept, which is integral to Egyptian religion. A. Parrot ( talk) 19:19, 29 September 2018 (UTC)
You misquoted Goelet. Actually the passage from Paul Mirecki's sarcophage script reads: "I am he whom the Unique Lord MADE* before Duality had yet come into being..."
So, Heka DID NOT exist before duality had yet come into being.