Variations: Ākhekh
As an incarnation or ally of the god Set, the Akhekh is associated with darkness and water (both elements of chaos). Pierret gives it an eagle’s head on a winged lion’s body; Budge specifies that it is an antelope with two wings on its back, and the head of a bird crowned with three uraei – the cobras on Pharaonic headdresses.
The akhekh is a symbol of terror, but the uraei also connect it to the power of the Pharaoh. Ramesses II was described as being an akhekh to his Hittite enemies. The Metternich stele shows a king in a chariot drawn by an akhekh galloping over two crocodiles.
References
Budge, E. A. W. (2015) The Gods of the Egyptians, vol. II. Dover Publications Inc., New York.
Pierret, P. (1875) Dictionnaire d’archéologie égyptienne. Imprimerie Nationale, Paris.
A Book of Creatures 
is it possible that the weird animal head of the Akhekh is to do with set’s weird animal head and how it may or may not be a real animal?
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Possible!
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Awesome! I did not know this one. 🙂
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oh yes, some Egyptian mythos. I always loved the simplicity of it.
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Hail Set!
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He’s actually a pretty decent guy when you get to know him! He’s a victim of bad press really.
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I know
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Why yes, I also have been described as being an akhekh to cold pizza … is the long tail inspired by its representation on the stele? Its physionomy on that would seem to correspond more to Pierret’s ; even if the carving is very “stylised” as the kids are saying nowadays it has, for me, a distinguishably feline vibe. Either way, I like your rendering, it’s a good reference to both descriptions. Even if it looks more manageable as a pet than an untameable beast of darkness and chaos (that said my cat looks plenty manageable and friendly and yet …).
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Yeah, the narrow head and long tail was based on its showing on the stele.
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Do you know of anything about the tjesu heru? Allegedly it’s from Egyptian mythology but the only source I can find is Rick Riordan’s Kane Chronicles (and derivative works). It seems to be a more monster-sized amphisbaena but with cobra heads.
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Will have to look into that.
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Beautifully bright for a thing of Darkness and Water.
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“It’s a symbol of terror…”
I thought it was from a dog show lol. It’s too cute. (:
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Depending on how this was pronounced, I can imagine many an ancient egyptian made Akhenaten puns based on the Akhekh
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Is it the same as the axex, the supposed egyptian griffin?
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Seems so
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