#duamutef

[fox-teeth]

Went to The Met's Egyptian wing to draw jackals, for my agonies.

9B pure graphite pencil on sketchbook.

[dwellerinthelibrary]

Detail of Hornedjitef's canopic chest, with jackal gods (Duamutef?) bringing offerings to what I guess is a shrine of Osiris. I took this photo at the exhibition Discovering Ancient Egypt at the National Museum of Australia.

When: Ptolemaic Egypt

Where: Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden

[archaeologs]

A set of four canopic jars was an important element of the burial in most periods of Ancient Egyptian history. Canopic jars were containers in which the separately mummified organs would be placed. The best known versions of these jars have lids in the shape of the heads of protective deities called the four Sons of Horus. The human-headed Imsety was the guardian of the liver; the baboon-headed Hapy looked after the lungs; the jackal-headed Duamutef was responsible for the stomach; and the falcon-headed Qebehsenuef cared for the intestines. Image by The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Lean more / Daha fazlası https://www.archaeologs.com/w/canopic-jar/

[i-make-my-journey]

Due to limited space, my shrine is confined to a closet, but…

LOOKIT ALL THOSE GODS!!!!

From back left to right; Anubis, Sekhmet-Mut, Hathor-Nut, Bast, Mafdet, Wepwawet, Shezmu, (itty bitty) Amun-Ra, Nefertem, Wenut, Tefnut, Pakhet, Duamutef, and Anupet!

Front: Serqet!

Currently awaiting a proper statue for Amun-Ra, and need to get Mama Anupet a bigger jackal (I thought the itty bitty one was gonna be as big as Dad and Wep’s 😭) but!! It feels SOOO good to have Them all represented somehow!! 💜

Dua Netjeru!

Also please excuse the fuzz and ashes on the shrine cloth, I own a lot of black faux fur that sheds on everything, and ashes are kinda par for the course with incense smh

[egypquotes]

Duamutef: Deep down, I'm sure I was always pretty okay with you.

Kebechet : Thanks, Duamutef!

Duamutef: It wasn't a compliment, numbnuts

[blackrainbowblade]

The four sons of Horus, (right to left): Imsety, Hapy, Duamutef and Qebehsenuef, above a doorway in the tomb of Nefertari.

[zoethehead]

Story: "the death of the Ennead"

(Tw's for death of someone's whole family, the villain manipulating the sole surviving member, and survivor's guilt)

Duamutef tried to fend off apophis' attacks from Ra's still and unmoving carcass that laid in the solar barque. Apophis used his tail to thrash the waves in the duat around, trying to destroy the ship, he succeed in only throwing around the gods that were aboard, throwing Khepri off of Ra's corpse, leaving the body vulnerable. Apophis now had an opportunity... in one quick move; he grabbed Ra, and lifted him off of the barque. Every other god aboard the barque tried to stop Apophis before he could end everything....

But, they were too late.

Apophis devoured the corpse of Ra, and with that; supposedly the sun, too...

"And now that I have devoured your preciousssssss god...... You ssssshall now fall to ME!!!!" Apophis laughed, using his power to absorb the souls of many gods and spirits in that realm, only gaining more power.... 2 were seemingly spared, though....

Those 2 were Khepri and Duamutef...

Duamutef saw his father and other 3 brothers collapse to their knees, the colors on their body fading away.

"NO!!!!" Duamutef screamed, he didn't want to lose his family after he had failed to keep Ra safe...

"It's okay, my son...." Horus coughed. "It was everyone's time to fade eventually, and what i can sense is that we'll be alright, you must forget this, my dear child, farewell, let's hope that we meet again...." Horus said as he slowly but surely faded away into dust and light, the solar barque crumbling beneath Duamutef and Khepri.

"N-no.... don't leave me...p-please..." Duamutef said, tears welling in his eyes as he held the final ashy remenants of his family, but yet those too; blew to the wind, removing any evidence of their life as it was now no more but dust in the wind....

Duamutef was knelt down against a rock that was in the middle of the duat's waters, he softly sobbed, realizing how much of a failure he was.

"Oh, get over yourssssself, you are jussstttt a failure!" A voice hissed.

Duamutef looked up, seeing Apophis glaring down at him.

"Your family hated you anywayssss, you're nothing but a failure to them, and they are probably happy to be far away from you......" Apophis smiled, his eyes showing sheer malice...

"Shut up, JUST SHUT UP!!!!!" Duamutef screamed, this must have been a bad dream...this couldn't be real...

Apophis glared at the sole surviving son of Horus, reveling in the poor jackal's misfortune.

Duamutef had to do something, he had to try and fix this....

He tightly held his fan axe, crouching down, ready to kill this damned serpent!!!

"YOU MONSTER, I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU!!!!" Duamutef screamed, lunging up towards Apophis, slashing at the wicked snake with a fan axe......

Duamutef was already badly injured, he didn't even know how he was hanging on, especially with this true form slowly fading away, and a human visage taking over, his powers seemingly vanishing...

"Hmph, pathetic as alwayssssss..." Apophis hissed, using his tail to hit Duamutef away, causing the poor jackal to get some broken ribs in the process....

Apophis opened up a portal, which dragged duamutef and khepri inside before closing...

Duamutef had lost.... apophis was right, he was just nothing but a failure.... he was flung out to a more snowy terrain, one with a really dark road that lead to a tunnel..... Duamutef wandered before a stinging pain enveloped his neck, he was so overwhelmed that just laid on his side, ready for death to claim his now freezing body as he drifted off.... but one thing stuck out to his sight like a sore thumb......

It didn't matter when he realized that it might as well be the most beautiful last sight of his before the clutches of darkness dragged his consciousness under....

"Why wasn't the sun gone?"

[spice-hill]

Canopic Jars, 1080-720 B.C.E

Limestone

Egyptian

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Canopic jars were made to contain the organs that were removed from the body in the process of mummification: the lungs, liver, intestines, and stomach. Each organ was protected by one of the Four Sons of Horus.

Baboon (Hapy) - Held the lungs

Jackal (Duamutef) - Held the stomach

Human (Imsety) - Held the liver

Falcon (Qebehsenuef) - Held the intestines

-Description from The Met

[sekhenetnut]

[witchberries]

[zoethehead]

Applying this to Duamutef again.

“you’re safe now.”

“you can rest now.”

“you’ve fought so hard.”

“you don’t have to fight anymore.”

“just sleep, okay?”

“i won’t let anything hurt you.”

“it’s over. it’s all over.”

“you don’t have to worry about anything right now.”

“shh, shh, i’ve got you. you’re safe here.”

“i know it was scary.”

“i know it hurts.”

“you’re all done hurting. there’s no more pain.”

“just focus on resting, okay?”

“you need to save your strength.”

“your job right now is to heal.”

“i’m getting you out of here.”

“i’m taking you home. we’re going home.”

“you’re safe in my arms. the hard part is over.”

[dwellerinthelibrary]

Detail of the inner coffin / cartonnage of Nehemsu, from head to chest. A falcon with the head of a green ram spreads its wings over her chest. On the left side, Duamutef and Hapy face Wadjet (I'm guessing -- the columns for their names have been left empty.) I took this photo at the Discovering Ancient Egypt exhibition at the National Museum of Australia.

When: Third Intermediate Period, 22nd Dynasty

Where: Rijkmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden

[egypquotes]

Kebechet: Be kind. Everyone is fighting their own battles.

Duamutef: Why would I be kind? I will be brutal and relentless and ride into battle by their side!

[zoethehead]

I made a couple of egyptian deities in roblox;

Duamutef, khepri and Apophis.

Story wise; apophis suceeded in killing ra, and disintigrated a lotta other gods in the duat that inhabited the realm/were trying to defend Ra, the sole deities that happened to be left were duamutef, ammut, set, wadjet, khepri, mut, thoth, taweret, ma'at, medjed, Tefnut, and ofc; apophis.

Wadjet ends up being the one who tries to find Duamutef and khepri.

Meanwhile, the other 10 remaining deities presume that duamutef and khepri had perished; meanwhile he got badly injured and was yeeted out of the duat(khepri clung onto duamutef's back) and onto earth; the sun's still intact somehow; despite ra's demise....

(Basically the sun gods merely wield the power of the sun's light and fire)

[zoethehead]

So, I've finally doodled duamutef out for this.

For quick context; he got badly injured, stripped of his magic, and exiled by the ennead(specifically one with egyptian and Roman deities). He was then kidnapped and tortured before being left to die in a rainy, cold alleyway. A newer doctor(as in fresh out of med-school) found him and was nursing him back to health.

I also came up with this alt scenario where he wakes up, gets out of bed, and attempts to escape by climbing out a window, only to be caught mid-escape by said doctor.

When the whumpee wakes up in bed after getting badly hurt, and they almost immediately try to get up, but the caretaker puts a hand on their shoulder and holds them down, telling them to take it easy and not move so much yet. The whumpee trying to insist that they’re fine and they can get up, only to realize that while they normally were much stronger than the caretaker, the caretaker was managing to easily hold them down, and that maybe they weren’t as alright as they thought.

[fyeahygocardart]

Duamutef, Blessing of Horus