The Akhekh (also transliterated as Akekhu) is a legendary creature or dragon in Egyptian mythology and art.

[3][4] Ancient egyptian myth writes of the Akhekh living in the deserts west of the Nile.

[citation needed] The Akhekh was associated with the god Set, as well as his domains of darkness, the western desert, chaos, and water.

It also symbolised power and strength of the pharaoh during wartime, such as Ramesses II being compared to the Akhekh as he conqeured the Hittites and terrorised them.

The Metternich stele in particular depicts an Akhekh pulling an archer's chariot over two crocodiles.