Khereduankh

<h2 id="mythology">Mythology</h2>

<p>As Imhotep, along with <a href="/facts/Amenhotep%2c_son_of_Hapu/o5vvCA0w">Amenhotep, son of Hapu</a>, was assimilated to <a href="/facts/Thoth/l59zHCYE">Thoth</a> during the Late Period, his mother was also given divine status along with <a href="/facts/Renpetneferet/dIkASX6x">Renpetneferet</a>, who was either Imhotep's sister or wife.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> This is not an entirely unique event in Egyptian history. As Amenhotep son of Hapu's mother was also deified though his sister/wife was not.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> Khereduankh was also said to be the daughter of <a href="/facts/Banebdjedet/wt6mj5ec">Banebdjedet</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> A demotic papyrus from the temple of Tebtunis, dating to the 2nd century AD, preserves a long story about <a href="/facts/Imhotep/197MVADC">Imhotep</a>. Which mentions Khereduankh along with the rest of Imhotep's family.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a>
</p>
<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Imhotep/197MVADC">Imhotep</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Renpetneferet/dIkASX6x">Renpetneferet</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

<ol>
<li id="fn:1"><p>Crabben, Jan. "Lady Kheredouankh". <a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3815/lady-kheredouankh/" target="_blank">https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3815/lady-kheredouankh/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Budde, Dagmar. Lexikon der ägyptischen Götter und Götterbezeichnungen. Belgium, Peeters, 2002. <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Allen, James Peter (2005). The Art of Medicine in Ancient Egypt. Yale University Press. p. 12. ISBN 9780300107289. Retrieved August 17, 2016. <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>A. von Leiden in The Divine Father: Religious and Philosophical Concepts of Divine Parenthood in Antiquity. Netherlands, Brill, 2014. <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>Warner, Marina; Fernández-Armesto, Felipe (2003). World of Myths. University of Texas Press. p. 296. ISBN 0-292-70204-3. <a href="0-292-70204-3" target="_blank">0-292-70204-3</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>Kim Ryholt, 'The Life of Imhotep?', Actes du IXe Congrès International des Études Démotiques, edited by G. Widmer and D. Devauchelle, Bibliothèque d'étude 147, Le Caire, Institut français d'archéologie orientale, 2009, pp. 305–315. <a href="/wiki/Kim_Ryholt" target="_blank">/wiki/Kim_Ryholt</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
</ol>

Khereduankh open-in-new

Khereduankh