The Routledge Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses , Devil and Demons
(Dehuti) Ancient Egyptian god of the moon, of the calendar and of chronology. His attribute is writing materials or a palm-leaf (as a year/date marker). His ibis head identifies him as native to the delta, and in Hermopolis he soon fused with the figure of the peacock-headed god → Hez-ur.
In myth we are told how Thot searches for and finds the lost eye of the moon, which he heals with his spittle. Another tradition relates how Thot was born from the head of → Seth. He is ‘representative deputy of → Re’ and versed in very powerful magic skills. As protector of → Osiris he came to be seen as a guide and helper of the dead; and in due course this led to his identification with the Greek escort of souls → Hérmes.
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