Was Heracles an Egyptian God?

A2A No, but…. Heracles does have an Egyptian connection. I won't go much into proving the association between the famous Greek demigod and the even more ancient Land of the Nile. A simple Google search will yield many answers. read more

Heracles (Greek) or Hercules (Roman) is from classical mythology , the religious stories of the Greeks . You might have heard something like that because the pharaohs of Ancient Egypt were of Greek descent and the royal Ptolemaic dynasty that reigned over Egypt for 3 centuries was founded by a Macedonian general , Ptolemy I Soter , who served the Greek king and military commander , Alexander the Great . read more

Herodotus connected Heracles to the Egyptian god Shu. Also he was associated with Khonsu, another Egyptian god who was in some ways similar to Shu. As Khonsu, Heracles was worshipped at the now sunken city of Heracleion, where a large temple was constructed. read more

Herodotus connected Heracles both to Phoenician god Melqart and to the Egyptian god of wind and air, Shu. In Egyptian mythology, Shu (meaning emptiness and he who rises up) married to a sister, is a personification of air. read more