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Nephthys is regarded as the mother of the funerary deity Anubis (Inpu) in some myths. [4] [5] Alternatively Anubis appears as the son of Bastet [6] or Isis. [7] In Nubia, Nephthys was said to be the wife of Anubis. [1] Though usually considered the aunt of Horus, she often appears as his mother. She is also seen as a wife of Horus. [1]
Anubis is often depicted wearing a ribbon and holding a nḫ3ḫ3 "flail" in the crook of his arm. [45] Another of Anubis's attributes was the jmy-wt or imiut fetish, named for his role in embalming. [47] In funerary contexts, Anubis is shown either attending to a deceased person's mummy or sitting atop a tomb protecting it.
Kebechet is a daughter of Anubis. [3] In the Pyramid Texts, Kebechet is referred to as a serpent who "refreshes and purifies" the pharaoh. [4]Kebechet was thought to give water to the spirits of the dead while they waited for the mummification process to be complete.
TIL there were just 5 surviving longbows from medieval England known to exist before 137 whole longbows (and 3,500 arrows) were recovered from the wreck of the Mary Rose in 1980 (a ship of Henry ...
Dionysus-Osiris – A life-death-rebirth god [89] Duamutef – A son of Horus [90] Dua – A god [91] Duau – A Moon god [92] Fa – A god of destiny [38] Fetket – A butler of Ra [6] Gengen Wer – A celestial Goose god who guarded the celestial egg containing the life force [70] Ha – A god of the Libyan Desert and oases west of Egypt [56 ...
Microsoft founder Bill Gates is telling his “origin story” in his own words with the memoir Source Code, being released on Feb. 4 "My parents and early friends put me in a position to have a ...
Former President Barack Obama's family was the subject of a recent article stating a man had filed a lawsuit claiming he was the biological father of Obama's daughters, Sasha and Malia.
One of these is kingship. The second half of the tale deals largely with Egyptian ideas of kingship and the connection between divinity and the pharaoh. That Bata's wife ultimately ends up pregnant with him is a reference the duality of the role of women in pharaonic succession; the roles of wife and mother were often simultaneous.