She is at the birth and at the death and does not choose between them
Resonance
Midwives birthing people and those who tend the newly made
Symbols
The frogThe birth brickThe mammisiThe ankh
Mythology Summary
Heqet is the Egyptian frog goddess of birth. She is among the deities who assist at the king's birth and rebirth in the Pyramid Texts, and who put breath into the newly formed body in the Coffin Texts; in the Westcar Papyrus she is one of the four goddesses - with Isis, Nephthys and Meskhenet - who deliver the three future kings of the Fifth Dynasty. In the birth-houses (mammisi) of the Graeco-Roman temples she is present at the birth of the divine child, and her frog is among the common amulets of the living and the dead.
Modern Practice
Heqet is called on at births, at the beginning of anything that has to be brought through, and at the moment when a thing is finished enough to be given breath. The practice is practical attendance: be early, keep the water, and do not leave the one being born alone.