Egyptian mythology
Hu
Authoritative Utterance of the Creator God
- Mythology
- Egyptian mythology
- Group
- Creation · Sun · Divine · Wisdom · Solar Barque · Judgment · Maat
- Appears in
- Isis and the Secret Name of Ra · The Amduat: Ra and Osiris United · Ra and Apophis: The Eternal Battle
- Places
- Duat
- Objects
- Book of the Dead · Solar Barque
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Hu is the divine personification of authoritative utterance, the creative word spoken with the power to make things real. The Egyptians said he was born from a drop of blood from the sun god Ra. He stands beside Sia, the personification of perception, as one of Ra's two companions who ride in the solar barque: Sia the mind that conceives, Hu the voice that commands it into being. Through him the spoken word of ritual and the names inscribed in tombs carry the force to shape the world.
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Real episode from the app
Isis and the Secret Name of Ra
Chapter 1
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Hu?
- Hu is the divine personification of authoritative utterance, the creative word spoken with the power to make things real. The Egyptians said he was born from a drop of blood from the sun god Ra.
- Which mythology does Hu belong to?
- Hu belongs to Egyptian mythology.
- Which stories does Hu appear in?
- Hu appears in Isis and the Secret Name of Ra, The Amduat: Ra and Osiris United, Ra and Apophis: The Eternal Battle, told as chaptered audio dramas in MythologyNow.
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MythologyNow. (2026). Hu. https://www.mythologynow.app/en/gods/hu"Hu." MythologyNow, 2026, https://www.mythologynow.app/en/gods/hu.MythologyNow. "Hu." Accessed 2026. https://www.mythologynow.app/en/gods/hu.Listen to the stories of Hu
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