#nephthys horus and isis amulet

[egypt-museum]

Amulet of Isis, Horus, and Nephthys

Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, ca. 664-30 BC. Made of Egyptian faience. Metropolitan Museum of Art. 26.7.890

According to the myth the sister goddesses Isis and Nepthys cared for the body of Osiris and later they protected his son Horus as a young child. The three deities depicted in this triad amulet are some of the main protagonists in the Osiride myth that tells the murder and revival of the god Osiris and the birth and triumphal avenge of his son Horus.

This amulet of Isis, Horus, and Nephthys is probably supposed to guarantee the same kind of protection and help of the sister goddesses for the reborn deceased that they provided for both Osiris and the young Horus.

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[deathmetalunicorn1]

Hello, I hope you have a nice day.

(/≧▽≦)/ I have a request for Hades. I already made this up (my brain is an enigma and can't be fixed), how about an Egyptian leap year goddess?

The five most outstanding great Egyptian gods (Osiris, Isis, Seth, Nephthys and Horus), only managed to be born since their mother Nut played a game of chess against Khonsu to win days and give birth to the gods, but let's say that Nut later He noticed that there was a sixth and small child, so he challenged Khonsu again, and since he did not want to lose again, he promised to make a small arrangement with the hours that were left over from the five days that he had already won, giving rise to the leap year . But Khonsu warned him that his sixth son would be the smallest and most unstable. Well, y/n is a goddess with the appearance of a teenager but she is just as old as her other brothers, and sometimes she is the strongest, the bad thing is that her own body cannot support that divine force and it is destroyed, that's why her sister Isis made her some strips of cloth that curb excess strength when she fights, and her sister Nephthys created an amulet that will help her sleep only what is necessary and wake her up, since she can also sleep for decades if her brothers forget to wake her up.

Let's say that y/n met Hades after Osiris asked him to deliver a large number of books with the log of the souls that pass through his side of the afterlife, after a small problem caused by a cataclysm in the human world that made the Souls migrate to the world of the dead massively and without order. And mistaking her for a teenager and therefore much younger than him, Hades offered her candy and a pat on the head, and/n left confused and a servant was the one who informed Hades of her true age. And / n she found Hades' attitude funny so whenever Osiris needed to take something to that side of the underworld, she asked to take the place of the person she had to go to. (she just wants free candy)

Persephone, who was the current wife of Hades, was not happy with her visits and in a mad fit of jealousy she stole her amulet and smashed it without anyone noticing, when the Egyptian goddess was enjoying a snap.

Hades went to wake up the Egyptian goddess but she did not respond, he panicked and went to the y/n brothers, who noticed that her amulet was not there. And somehow Persephone was betrayed, Hades had enough and asked for a divorce from her, Persephone had done the same or worse to the nymph Minthe just because she liked to play board games with the ruler of the underworld.

Coming back with y/n, she couldn't wake up because her body got too used to the call of the amulet and now only Apep's roar could wake her up. The problem was that only Ra knew where that colossal monster was, and old Ra went on a trip without notifying where he was going.

-Hades heard a knock on his office door and he groaned, “What?” the door opened, and he saw a stack of books instead of a person.

-He sighed softly, rubbing his temples in anguish, seeing more logbooks from Osiris.

-There had been a great calamity on earth, wiping out millions of people, and when they all descended, there was no order, the souls just filling in whatever room they could fit in, going to the different areas of the dead.

-Osiris, Hades, La Muerte and the other gods of the dead had been dealing with nonstop paperwork, trying to get all of the souls organized where they needed to be.

-Hades rubbed his eyes, his mask laying nearby, “Just put them over there.”

-He froze when he heard a little voice speak up, “Here? Okay!” he looked over and his eyes widened, not seeing Osiris or any of the other Egyptian gods that had been delivering the logs, instead seeing a little petite goddess, who only looked to be about fifteen or so.

-You blinked when you saw that he was staring before you smiled warmly at him, “Brother Osiris asked me to deliver these for you, since the others are stuck over in Hel’s area.”

-He nodded softly, sighing, feeling only a bit annoyed that you were being forced to help, not wanting a child to deal with this mess.

-He waved you over and you trotted over, the large amulet around your neck making a small clanging noise and you were surprised when he reached up and patted your head, like you were a child, “Thank you for bringing these to me.” he then gave you a lollipop and asked you to shut the door behind you when you left.

-You scratched your cheek lightly after you did as you were told, before unwrapping the lollipop, finding it was blue raspberry flavored and you headed back to Osiris.

-Charon passed you in the hall, a bit confused on where you got candy before he entered his lord’s office with a large pot of coffee, finding him rubbing his eyes, looking at the pile of new logbooks, “Where did these ones come from?”

-Hades sighed softly, “That little Egyptian goddess, I’m not sure of her name but Osiris made her deliver these since the others are having issues. A child shouldn’t have to deal with something like this.”

-Charon chuckled softly, setting the coffee down to prepare a cup, “That was Y/N, she’s the youngest of Nut, but despite being the youngest, she’s the same age as Lord Osiris.”

-Hades turned on him, blinking in confusion, you looked so young!

-Charon explained while organizing some of the paperwork while Hades downed the first cup of coffee, that you were known as the ‘leap year goddess’, which explains your youthful appearance, as a leap year only comes around every 4 years, but you were just as old as your other siblings.

-Hades couldn’t help but smile, three days later, when you returned with another stack of books, as you liked his attitude towards you, you liked being doted on like a child sometimes, and you knew he had good candy.

-He invited you to rest before heading back to your brother, as the work was slowing down, just a bit, and he noticed your amulet glow just for a moment, but you weren’t bothered by it.

-He motioned at it, “May I ask what that is, Y/N?” you looked down at the amulet with a smile on your face, “Since my body is very weak, I tend to sleep a lot, as in I could sleep for years if my brother’s forgot about me. This helps wake me up so that doesn’t happen!”

-Hades chuckled, despite your age being the same, you were rather childlike, but you were enjoyable, Hades began to like you, in a sibling type of way, thinking quietly to himself that he didn’t have a sister like you.

-You thanked Hades after he gave you another lollipop plus an extra to give to Osiris, and you skipped out, a happy smile on your face, passing by a very pretty woman, giving her a warm smile as you passed, not knowing who that was.

-Persephone had seen you around before, she knew of you, she knew that you were older than you looked, and she started to grow jealous over the time you spent with her husband.

-You were unaware of the looming storm surrounding Persephone.

-Two days later you were carrying another stack of logbooks, barely able to peek over the top and you heard a sweet voice, “Oh- let me help!” you turned to see Persephone, giving her a bright smile as you thanked her as she carefully took some of the logs, carefully snatching your amulet as well without you noticing.

-Once outside Hades’ office, a servant came to Persephone, “My lady there is an emergency!” you thanked her as she returned the books, for her help and she opened the door for you, rushing off with her servant.

-Hades greeted you kindly, thanking you for what he hoped would be the last of the logbooks.

-You yawned quietly, and he waved his hand over to the sofa, “Take a quick nap before you head back, Y/N.” you thanked him and headed over and laid down, instantly falling asleep.

-Hours later, Hades was jolted when he looked up from his paperwork, still seeing you there asleep and he quickly got up, calling out your name.

-When you didn’t respond he resorted to shaking you, trying to get you to respond, frowning before he froze, seeing that your amulet was gone!!

-Your brothers freaked out when Hades ran in to Osiris’ office, holding your sleeping body, piggyback style, deep asleep.

-Your brothers tried everything, splashing you with water, yelling in your ears, nothing worked until Osiris shouted, “Bring Apep! His roar will definitely do the trick!!”

-However, it was discovered Apep was nowhere to be found, the same with Ra, who would be the only one to know where Apep was!!

-A knock came to the door and in stepped a little maid, one Hades recognized as one of his own, holding a bundle in her arms, her right cheek purple with a nasty bruise.

-She bowed and handed over the bundle, revealing the shattered amulet and although furious, Hades spoke calmly to the maid, demanding to know what happened.

-She explained that Persephone was jealous of you, of your visits with Hades, and she stole and broke your amulet, knowing you would fall deep asleep. Persephone had promised the maid help with her younger brother, who was very sick, but refused to do so, slapping her and told her to get rid of the amulet pieces.

-Hades was furious, immediately returning home, roaring out Persephone’s name in fury, scaring the other servants, even Charon, who had never seen his lord so furious before.

-Hades had cause, having called Zeus as well, to divorce her, after announcing her crimes, when she saw the maid peeking out from behind Hades, she tried to scream at the maid, but Hades defended her and Zeus took his daughter back, returning her to her mother, grounding her.

-Odin was called to locate Ra, who was also with Apep, relaxing on a sunny beach, ignoring their work, having a day off from everything except for sunbathing together in a rare moment of peace.

-Ra was furious when he found out what had happened to you, immediately returning home with Apep in tow.

-Nephthys was working on making a new amulet for you, which was almost done by the time Ra returned, but you needed to be awake before she could put it on you.

-Apep, grumpy that his vacation had been cut short, roared loudly, shaking the room all around everyone in attendance.

-You stirred, like you had just been nudged slightly, before you sat up, yawning lightly, “Oh Apep! Did you have fun on vacation?” he couldn’t bring himself to yell at you, just leaving the room, wanting to go back to the beach, Ra following after him after patting your head lightly.

-You were stunned to learn that Persephone had done and what had happened while you were asleep, apologizing for the trouble, but nobody, your family or Hades, refused to let you apologize, as it wasn’t your fault.

-You wanted to keep helping your brother and Hades, even though the paperwork mess had finally been dealt with, so to appease you, Osiris gave you the job of running paperwork between the Greek and Egyptian pantheons for Hades and him, which made you cheer, as it meant you still got candy, which made Hades laugh warmly.

[blueiscoool]

20 Ancient Tombs Discovered in Egypt

The tombs were found at a massive necropolis, used to bury the dead since nearly 2,500 years ago.

20 ancient tombs dating back to as early as 660 BC were uncovered in the city of New Damietta in Egypt's Nile delta, the country's Tourism Ministry announced on Monday.

The tombs, made of simple pits and mud bricks, were discovered at the Tell El Deir archaeological site. The Tell El Deir site is a massive necropolis, used to bury the dead throughout different eras of history, starting with the 26th Dynasty and through the Greek, Roman and Byzantine eras.

Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, noted that the findings provide an important scientific and archaeological discovery for the history of the area.

Golden chips used to cover the remains were found in the tombs as well, in the forms of the Egyptian deities Isis, Heqat and Bastet, as well as in the form of the eye of Horus and Horus in the form of a falcon.

A range of different funerary amulets, including scarabs, the two feathers of Amun and a number of deities, were found in the tombs as well. Miniature models of canopic vessels used to hold the organs of the dead and statues of the four sons of Horus were also found in the tombs.

Ayman Ashmawy, head of the Egyptian antiquities sector at Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, said that the tombs may date back to the 26th Dynasty, as the style of the tombs and the objects found inside them were common in that era.

Reda Salih, the director of the Damietta Antiquities District, noted that the archaeological mission working at the site is continuing its efforts as there are still many layers of sand to uncover at the necropolis.

Previous discoveries at Tell El Deir

In previous years, the mission found the tombs of other civilizations present in Egypt throughout history, including the Greeks and Romans, at the Tell El Deir site.

In 2019, archaeologists working at the site found gold coins from the Byzantine era and ushabti funerary figurines bearing the royal seal of Psamtik II, a pharaoh of the 26th Dynasty.

The figurines included amulets of scarabs, the eye of Horus, the knot of Isis (tyet) and deities such as Isis, Nephthys, Taweret and Horus. Archaeologists have also discovered limestone coffins, some of which depicted the faces of the deceased, at the site in the past.

The discovery comes just over a month after archaeologists found a tunnel which may lead to the lost tomb of the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra at the Taposiris Magna Temple, west of Alexandria in Egypt.

[solmaspuro]

egyptian faience amulet depicting the deities isis, horus, and nephthys, 4th century bc

[irunevenus]

Egyptian Gods: Myths, Stories, and the Legacy of Ancient Deities

The religion of ancient Egypt is notable for its vast pantheon of gods and goddesses, each with specific roles and stories that helped explain the world and humans’ place in it. Egyptian deities were deeply intertwined with nature, daily life, and government, reflecting the hopes, fears, and aspirations of one of history’s most enduring civilizations. This article explores some of the most prominent gods of the Egyptian pantheon, their legends, and how these stories still resonate in the popular imagination.

The Egyptian Pantheon: A Diversity of Deities

The ancient Egyptians believed that the gods were responsible for creating the world and maintaining order. Each god had a distinct personality, specific powers, and a role within the complex Egyptian mythology. Below, we highlight some of the main deities:

Ra: The Sun God and Supreme Creator

Ra was the god of the sun, often considered the creator of all gods and the world. He was depicted as a man with a falcon's head crowned with a solar disk surrounded by a snake. According to mythology, Ra sailed across the sky in his solar barque during the day, illuminating the world, and descended to the underworld at night to fight against chaos personified by the serpent Apep.

The legend of Ra symbolizes the eternal battle between light and darkness, order and chaos. This daily journey represented the cycle of rebirth and the constant renewal of life. To this day, Ra is associated with the power of the sun and the life force of the universe, maintaining his symbolic presence in modern culture as an archetype of power and creation.

Osiris: The God of Resurrection and the Underworld

Osiris is one of the central figures in Egyptian mythology, known as the god of resurrection and ruler of the underworld. He is depicted as a man with green skin (symbolizing vegetation and rebirth), dressed in the robes of a pharaoh and holding a staff and scourge, symbols of his authority.

According to legend, Osiris was murdered by his jealous brother Seth, who dismembered him and scattered his pieces throughout Egypt. His wife Isis, with the help of her sister Nephthys and the god Anubis, reunited the parts of Osiris' body and brought him back to life. This myth not only explained the rites of mummification, but also offered the Egyptians hope of life after death.

Osiris remained a powerful figure even after the decline of Egyptian civilization. The idea of ​​judgment after death and belief in resurrection influenced later religions, including Christianity.

Isis: The Goddess of Magic and Divine Mother

Isis, the wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, was one of the most revered goddesses in ancient Egypt. Depicted as a woman with a throne on her head or with protective wings, Isis was associated with magic, healing and motherhood. She played a vital role in the resurrecting of Osiris and in the protection of his son Horus, ensuring that he avenged his father’s death.

Isis was one of the few Egyptian deities who transcended the borders of Egypt and continued to be worshipped in the Roman Empire. Her legend, marked by devotion, resilience and magical power, lives on in modern literature, art and spiritualist movements.

Horus: The Falcon God and Protector of the Pharaohs

Horus is the god of the sky, war and protection, commonly depicted as a man with the head of a falcon or as a falcon. He is the son of Osiris and Isis and was raised to avenge his father’s death. Horus fought a series of battles against Seth, the god of chaos, and eventually restored order to Egypt.

The story of Horus is one of the most significant myths in Egyptian mythology, symbolizing the victory of good over evil and the divine protection of the pharaohs, who were seen as living incarnations of Horus. The “Eye of Horus,” a symbol of protection, health, and power, is still widely used as an amulet against evil.

Seth: The God of Chaos and Storms

Seth is one of the most complex figures in the Egyptian pantheon. Although often seen as the villain who killed Osiris, Seth also had ambiguous and even beneficial roles, as the god of storms, the desert, and war. He was a defender of the gods against external chaos and was sometimes necessary to maintain the balance of the cosmos.

The myth of Seth and Horus portrays the struggle for the throne of Egypt and the eternal tension between order and disorder. Although a god of chaos, Seth was not exclusively evil, but also represented the strength needed to face adversity.

Anubis: Guardian of the Necropolis and Guide of Souls Anubis, the god of embalmers, is a dark and mysterious figure associated with death and funerary rituals. He is often depicted as a man with the head of a jackal, a symbol of the desert and necropolises. Anubis played a crucial role in mummification, guiding the souls of the dead to the judgment of Osiris.

Anubis’ legacy endures as the protector of souls and a symbol of passage to the afterlife. He remains a popular figure in modern culture, appearing in books, films, and video games that explore themes of death and resurrection.

The Endurance of Egyptian Myths

The myths of the Egyptian gods have an enduring appeal that extends beyond the borders of Ancient Egypt. Many of these stories have been reinterpreted and continue to influence popular culture and spiritual traditions. Figures such as Isis, Osiris and Horus have transcended their origins, appearing in diverse forms of art, literature and esoteric practices.

Egypt still fascinates, and the imagery of its gods is constantly rediscovered and reinterpreted. From Hollywood films to the use of ancient amulets and symbols in contemporary culture, the legend of the Egyptian gods continues to live on. They are remembered as universal archetypes who speak of struggle, transformation, power and hope – timeless themes that resonate through the ages.

Conclusion The Egyptian gods were more than just mythological figures; they were an integral part of the cultural and spiritual identity of a civilization that thrived for millennia. Their stories and symbols have transcended time and still find a place in the human psyche, reflecting the enduring power of myth. Today, the gods of Ancient Egypt stand as silent witnesses to an era where the divine and the human intertwined in profound and unforgettable ways.

[lionofchaeronea]

Ancient Egyptian faience amulet depicting the deities Isis, Horus, and Nephthys.  Artist unknown; 4th cent. BCE (Late Period or Ptolemaic).  Now in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.

[redahlia-writes]

ok i want to talk about layla's costume as taweret's avatar

(disclaimer: i am not a scholar, what i know, i know because i studied it on my own, and while i do fact check most of my sources, i don't know everything - please take what i say with as grain of salt and not as absolute truth)

first of all: the wings.

now, taweret’s images don’t usually show wings - that’s a trait inherent to isis (ese or wusa). i wrote a little bit about taweret’s roles here and, much like her, isis is a goddess associated with protection and healing (including childbirth and protection of women). in the myths, her wings are symbol of that protection, and she uses them to breathe life back into her brother-husband osiris. so while she is not a goddess directly associated with death (like taweret), she is The figure connected to rebirth and restoration, and her sacred animal, a kestrel, is associated with funeral customs.

many depictions show her (and her sister nephthys/nebet-het) with wings attached to her arms, just like layla’s costume.

wings in general play a great role in egyptian mythos: a very ancient conception of the cosmos envisioned the Heavens as the enormous wings of the great falcon god horus. these wings, usually attached to the disk of the sun, were used as protective motif. you can see isis on steven’s sarcophagus in the asylum:

and the sun disk on jake’s:

now: the swords.

short swords weren’t considered a very powerful/useful weapon in ancient egypt, since they would’ve been made fully of bronze (handle included) and bronze is a very light, easily breakable material. however, there is a slight curve to layla’s swords, which seems to resemble a khopesh.

the handle, the dent, the slight curve of the front part of the blade and the inscription do kind of remind me of this. it’s obviously not the same, however i am convinced the khopesh was used as inspiration, given that even pharaohs were depicted as carrying one of these (and some have been found in royal graves: two in tutankhamon’s tomb).

third: the scarab on her chest.

scarabs were amulets and/or impression seals in ancient egypt. it was one of the (if not the) most popular amulets by the early middle kingdom. they were connected to the god khepri (one of the aspects of ra) who represented the rising sun and, to a certain extent, creation and renewal of life.

although scarabs were often placed in tombs, they were not part of any funerary rite we have record of. however, some amulets (which seems to be the one layla’s wearing), are funerary scarabs, called heart scarab, pectoral scarab and naturalistic scarabs (in order down below) that became part of the process of mummification.

layla’s seems to be inspired by a pectoral scarab, what with the colors and position.

last but not least: the colors.

color was considered an integral part of an item's or person's nature, and each color had a meaning. layla’s palette includes reds (bronze), golds, whites and i believe the knee pieces have a little bit of silver + the pectoral might have a little bit of black or blue. colors were often paired and complemented each other: gold with silver, white with red, green with black.

the dominant colors are gold, white and red: gold represented the flesh of the gods and was used for anything which was considered eternal or indestructible. white was the color of purity, sacredness, cleanliness and simplicity. tools, sacred objects and even priest's sandals were white for this reason (and here i might go and analyze harrow’s dark sandals, but we’ll leave that for another time). red was primarily the color of chaos and disorder, the color of the desert, which was considered the opposite of the fertile black land; red was also the color of destructive fire and fury and was used to represent something dangerous; it was associated with the god of chaos, seth, and as chaos, red was considered the opposite to the color white; while red was the most potent of all colorst, it was also a color of life and protection: derived from the color of blood and the life-supporting power of fire, it was therefore commonly used for protective amulets.

the common theme here is protection. layla accepts to become taweret’s avatar to protect marc, steven and cairo. maybe i’m reading too much into it, but i think it says a lot about her character, and hers was the perfect arc during this season.

[aic-african]

Amulet of the Goddesses Isis and Nephthys with Horus Standing Between, Ancient Egyptian, -1070, Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of Africa

Gift of Henry H. Getty, Charles L. Hutchinson, and Norman W. Harris Size: 3 × 2.2 × 1.3 cm (1 3/16 × 7/8 × 1/2 in.) Medium: Ceramic

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/136013/

[readingvocabulary]

cassation - instrumental music

perichoresis - refers to holy trinity

vendanges - grape harvest

epergne - an ornamental centrepiece for a dining table used for holding fruit or flowers

tin lizzie - a car, especially a very early Ford

catabasis - journey to the underworld

lex abscondita - hidden law

codex gentium - code of nations

centrisome

dialegesthai - converse or talk through (Plato)

ascesis - the practice of severe self-discipline, typically for religious reasons.

anamnesis - recollection, especially of a supposed previous existence

venation - the arrangement of veins

taupe - brownish grey

sinuate

nubilous - cloudy, misty; obscure

corvine - like a raven or crow

nomes - each of the thirty-six territorial divisions of ancient Egypt; an administrative division of modern Greece.

Ennead - The Ennead or Great Ennead was a group of nine deities in Egyptian mythology worshipped at Heliopolis: the sun god Atum; his children Shu and Tefnut; their children Geb and Nut; and their children Osiris, Isis, Set, and Nephthys. The Ennead sometimes includes the son of Osiris and Isis, Horus.

pavonine - like a peacock

sebaceous- relating to oil or fat

caliology - study of bird’s nests

greegree - African amulet

electrolier - a chandelier in which the lights are electrical

ateknia - childlessness

monocoque - an aircraft or vehicle structure in which the chassis is integral with the body.

ogive/ogival - the roundly tapered end of a two-dimensional or three-dimensional object

dihedral - Dihedral angle is the upward angle from horizontal of the wings or tailplane of a fixed-wing aircraft

haliographic - writing about the sea

contranatent - against the current

pelisse - long coat

Camanchaca - fog off Peru and Chile

parpen - stone passing through a wall from side to side, with two smooth vertical faces

docent - a person who acts as a guide, typically on a voluntary basis, in a museum, art gallery, or zoo.

lazzaroni - Italian homeless

insuetude - state or quality of being unaccustomed; absence of habit

talipes - club foot

[bm-ancient-art]

Triad of Isis, Horus and Nephthys, ca. 664-525 B.C.E., Brooklyn Museum: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Triad of Isis, the child Horus and Nephthys in green faience, as amulet. Figures standing in high relief against plinth. Horus grasps hand of each goddess. Back of plinth plain with suspension loop. Condition: Upper left corner chipped. Size: 1 × 11/16 × 3/8 in. (2.5 × 1.7 × 1 cm) Medium: Faience

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/9830

[fxtelism-moved]

Which Goddess are you? [Egyptian Edition]

Chosen muse: Elinya

Nephthys - Goddess of the night. 

Tagged by: @whitecrowns-blackthrones​ (thank you for tagging me!)

Tagging: @subserviiient​, @bigcasinc​, @ribbonedmuses​, and anyone who wants to do this OR steal it from me!

(Description of Nephthys under the read-more due its long length of text)

Nephthys was the youngest child of the sky goddess Nut and earth god Geb. Unlike her brothers and sister, she was a relatively minor deity in the Egyptian pantheon. Though Nephthys was married to Set, her relationship with him was distant at best. Her relationship with Osiris, however, was both more intimate and significant. Nephthys seduced him and subsequently gave birth to Anubis, who would ultimately be raised by her sister Isis. Nephthys was also a key figure in Egyptian funeral rites.

Nephthys' name meant “Lady of the Mansion,” or “Lady of the House.”  In this context, the word “house” meant the portion of the sky in which the sun god Horus resided; as such, the name likely referred to priesthood rather than homemaking.

In art, Nephthys was usually depicted as a woman bearing the sign of her name atop her head. Like her sister Isis, she was sometimes shown as a kite (a small bird of prey).

Nephthys and her sister Isis were commonly sights in tombs, as both goddesses attended the mummification of Osiris and served as protectors of the dead. The two goddesses were often depicted as identical, save for the symbols atop their heads. This detail proved to be significant during Nephthys’s seduction of Osiris, in which she deceived him into believing that she was, in fact, Isis.

Nephthys was one of several Egyptian weaving gods, and the bandages Osiris was wrapped in were sometimes referred to as the “tresses of Nephthys.”

Nephthys was the youngest child of the gods Nut and Geb. Her siblings included Osiris, Horus the Elder, Isis and Set. It’s important to note that Horus the Elder was found exclusively in Greek sources; non-Greek sources did not include him amongst Nut and Geb’s offspring.

Like Isis and Osiris, Nephthys and Set were married before birth. Though the marriage of Isis and Osiris was full of love, Nephthys and Set’s was not. In later myths, Nephthys had an affair with Osiris and gave birth to his son Anubis. Fearing that Set would discover her infidelity, Nephthys discarded her child in the wilderness. Anubis was ultimately rescued and raised by Isis. 

Despite having the same lofty origins as her brothers and sisters, Nephthys was only ever a supporting character in Egyptian mythology. Though her siblings developed cults of worship, Nephthys had no such cult. She was, however, a common figure on amulets made during the Late Period (664–332BCE).

With few exceptions, Nephthys always appeared in myths alongside her sister Isis. Together, the two sisters represented the “wailing women” that were an integral part of the Egyptian funerary rites.

[digiwitchvivi]

Egyptian God's and Godesses

❤Amun - A creator God, patron of the city of Thebes.

❤Maahes - Egyptian lion-headed God of war.

❤Anhur - An Egyptian sky god and God of war. His name meant “sky-bearer”.

❤Ra – God of the sun, earth, and underworld. He is powerful and protective.

❤Anubis – God of dead, embalming, funerals, and mourning ceremonies. Jackal-headed God.

❤Thoth – God of the moon, magic, and writing. 

❤Apophis - God of snakes, war, and Chaos.

❤Bes - Dwarf God.

❤Geb - God of the earth.

❤Khnum - Ram-headed God.

❤Khonsu - God of the moon.

❤Mafdet - God of justice.

❤Osiris - God of the underworld and the afterlife.

❤Ptah - God of creation.

❤Qebui - God of the North wind.

❤Qetesh - A mother Goddess of fertility.

❤Set - God of chaos, change, deserts, storms, and foreigners.

❤Shu - God of wind and air.

❤Sopdu - A God of war.

❤Tefnut - Lion Goddess of water and fertility.

❤Wadjet - Goddess of protection.

❤Sekhmet - Goddess of lions, fire, and vengeance.

❤Pakhet - A goddess of motherhood and of war.

❤Ma'at - Goddess of justice, truth, and of order.

❤Kebechet - Goddess of purification.

❤Isis - Goddess of magic, marriage, healing, and protection.

❤Hathor - Goddess of love.

❤Bastet - Cat Goddess.

❤Amunet - Wife of Amun, one of the creation Goddesses.

❤Tawaret – Goddess of childbirth who protects women in labour. People wear her image as an amulet to protect them and their children.

❤Kuk - God of personification of darkness.

❤Horus - The falcon-headed sky God.

❤Khepri - God of scarab beetles.

❤Aten - Aten God is the disk of the sun.

❤Ammit - Goddess Ammit was the personification of divine retribution. The Goddess with a body that was part lion, hippopotamus, and crocodile.

❤Atum - “The All” or “Perfection”. His appearance is a man with the double crown. Atum was a creator God. 

❤Nun - The sun God.

❤Montu - Montu was a falcon God of war.

❤Babi - Babi was a fierce, bloodthirsty baboon God.

❤Heh - God of personification of infinity or eternity.

❤Wepwawet - An ancient wolf God.

❤Serapis - Sun, healing, and fertility God.

❤Wadj-wer - God of fertility whose name means the “Great Green”. 

❤Khenti-Amentiu - Warrior God.

❤Resheph - Resheph was a God of War and Tunder.

❤Heka - Heka was the God of deification of magic.

❤Andjety - Underworld God of Rebirth. 

❤Heryshaf - Heryshaf was an ancient creator, fertility God, and God of the riverbanks.

❤Hu - Hu was the God of taste and the personification of the divine command.

❤Shezmu - Shezmu is the Egyptian God of blood, wine, perfume, and the slaughterer servant of Osiris. 

❤Aker - Aker was an ancient Egyptian God of earth and death. 

❤Sia - Goddess of wisdom.

❤Banebdjedet - Banebdjedet is a ram God of fertility with a cult centre at Mendes. 

❤Mehen - Mehen is a protective God who is depicted as a snake which coils around the sun God Ra during his journey through the night.

❤Hermes Trismegistus - Combination of Greek God Hermes and Egyptian God Thoth Gods of writing, magic, and more.

❤Ba-Pef - Ba-Pef was a minor underworld God in Egyptian mythology.

❤Duamutef - In Egyptian mythology, Dumutef was one of the Four sons of Horus and a funerary God who protected the stomach and small intestines of mummified corpses, kept in a canopic jar.

❤Mandulis - Mandulis is a Nubian God depicted anthropomorphically wearing the hemhem crown, consisting of three atef crowns, or ‘bundles’ mounted on ram’s horns with a uraeus (cobra) on either side, each surmounted by a solar disk, or as a human-headed bird.

❤Iah - Iah is a lunar God in ancient Egyptian religion. His name simply means “Moon”.

❤Am-heh - In Egyptian mythology, Am-heh was a minor God from the underworld, whose name means either “devourer of millions” or “eater of eternity”.

❤Nephthys - Nephthys is the Egyptian Goddess of mourning and lamentation, sleep, rivers, the night, service, and the home, a friend and protector of the dead.

❤Neith - Neith was an ancient Goddess of war and weaving. 

❤Serket - Serket is the Goddess of fertility, nature, animals, medicine, magic, and healing venomous stings and bites.

❤Seshat - Seshat was the ancient Egyptian Goddess of wisdom, knowledge, and writing. 

❤Heqet - Heqet is an Egyptian Goddess of fertility, identified with Hathor, represented in the form of a frog. 

❤Nekhbet - Nekhbet was the Egyptian white vulture Goddess and protector of Egypt and the Pharaohs. She was referred to as “Mother of Mothers, who hath existed from the Beginning”.

❤Mut -  In Egyptian religion, a sky Goddess and great divine mother. Mut was the mother Goddess , the queen of the Gods at Waset, arising in power with the God Amen.

❤Meretseger - Meretseger is a Goddess with head of the snake.

❤Hededet - Hededet is a scorpion Goddess of the ancient Egyptian religion.

❤Anuket - Anuket was the personification and Goddess of the Nile river in the Egyptian mythology.

❤Meskhenet - In ancient Egyptian mythology, Meskhenet was the Goddess of childbirth, and the creator of each child's Ka, a part of their soul, which she breathed into them at the moment of birth. She was worshipped from the earliest of times by Egyptians.

❤Eye of Ra - The Eye of Ra is a being in ancient Egyptian mythology that functions as a feminine counterpart to the sun god Ra and a violent force that subdues his enemies. The Eye is an extension of Ra’s power, equated with the disk of the sun, but it also behaves as an independent entity.

❤Renenutet -Renenutet was a Goddess of nourishment and the harvest in ancient Egyptian religion.

❤Amunet - Amunet was a primordial Goddess in ancient Egyptian religion.

❤Menhit -  Menhit was originally a Nubian war Goddess in Egyptian mythology.

❤Hatmehit - Hatmehit in the ancient Egyptian religion was a fish-Goddess. In ancient Egyptian art Hatmehit was depicted either as a fish, or a woman with a fish emblem or crown on her head. She was a Goddess of life and protection.

❤Sopdet - Sopdet is the ancient Egyptian name of the star Sirius and its personification as an Egyptian Goddess. 

❤Anput - Anput is a Goddess in ancient Egyptian religion. She was the Goddess of funerals and mummification, the mother of Kebechet and possibly from Ammit also.

❤Hemsut - In Egyptian mythology, Hemsut was the Goddess of fate, destiny, and protection in ancient Egypt. 

❤Raet-Tawy -  Raet-Tawy is an ancient Egyptian solar Goddess, the female aspect of Ra. Her name is simply the female form of Ra’s name; the longer name Raet-Tawy means “Raet of the Two Lands” (Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt).

❤Wosret - Wosret meaning "the powerful" was an Egyptian Goddess with a cult centre at Thebes in Upper Egypt. She was initially a localised guardian deity.

❤Mehet-Weret - Mehet-Weret is a Goddess of the sky in ancient Egyptian religion. Her name means “Great Flood”.

❤Tenenet - Tenenet was an ancient Egyptian Goddess of childbirth and beer. 

❤Werethekau - Werethekau "great one of magic, great enchantress" was an ancient Egyptian deity. She served as the personification of supernatural powers.

❤Anat - Anat is a major northwest Semitic Goddess.

❤Min - Min was the God of reproduction.

❤Qebehsenuef - Qebehsenuef "he who refreshes his brothers" is an ancient Egyptian deity. He is one of the four sons of Horus in Egyptian mythology, the God of protection and of the West.

❤Heh - Ḥeḥ was in Egyptian mythology, the personification of infinity or eternity in the Ogdoad, his name itself meaning “endlessness”.

❤Petbe - In Egyptian mythology, Petbe was the god of revenge. His name translates as Sky-Ba, roughly meaning Soul of the Sky, or Mood of the sky. 

❤Tutu - God of protection of tombs, later guarded the sleeping from danger or bad dreams. Master of demons. Tutu’s iconography is anthropomorphic, consisting of the body of a striding, winged lion, the head of a human, other heads of hawks, and crocodiles projecting from the body, and the tail of a serpent.

❤Apedemak - Apedemak was a lion-headed warrior God.

❤Weneg - Weneg was a sky and death God from ancient Egyptian religion, who was said to protect the earth and his inhabitants against the arrival of the “great chaos”.

❤Hemen - Hemen is the falcon-God, who holds a cobra between its claws.

❤Tatenen - Tatenen was the God of the primordial mound in ancient Egyptian religion. His name means risen land or exalted earth, as well as referring to the silt of the Nile. As a primeval chthonic deity, Tatenen was identified with creation. He was an androgynous protector of nature from the Memphis area.

❤Bata - Bata from Saka is an Egyptian bull-God of the New Kingdom, who represents together with his brother Anubis.

❤Apis - A live bull worshipped as a God at Memphis.

❤Aten - The God disk of the sun.

❤Gengen-Wer - Goose God.

❤Hapi - God of the Nile.

❤Heket - Goddess of frogs.

❤Nut - In Egyptian mythology, Nut was the Goddess of the sky.

❤Seker - Falcon God.

❤Selket - Goddess of scorpions.

❤Sobek - God of crocodiles and alligators.

(Sidenote: I work with bastet and hathor ^-^)

[soliloquyinthedark]

Amulet of Nephthys, Horus the Child, and Isis from the Twenty-Sixth Dynasty of the Late Period of Ancient Egypt (about 664–525 BCE)

Nephthys and her sister Isis appear in myths as mourners for Osiris. Here, identified by their headdresses, they flank the young Horus, the son of Osiris, symbolising that from the death of Osiris, comes renewed life. This amulet would assure rebirth in the afterlife.

[psyentifically-minded]

The ancient Egyptian pantheon contains many deities, they are as follows:

Amaunet: Depicted as a woman wearing the red Deshret crown and carrying a staff of papyrus. Amaunet was a primordial deity and member of the Ogdoad paired with Amun, it is disputed wether she was a deity in her own right or an androdgny formed between these two partners. Amaunet had a role in the early creation cosmology and was seen as protector of pharoahs, her name means “the female hidden one”.

Ament: Sometimes theorised to be a combination Goddess of Isis and Hathor, Ament is a Goddess of the dead often depicted welcoming souls into the underworld. Ament was the Goddess of the necropolises West of the Nile and so the hieroglyphic for “West” is on her headress.

Amun: Amun was a primordial deity of the Ogdoad and husband of Ament and was therefore an original creator God in Egyptian cosmology. Amun was depicted as a man with a duel-plume headress, a scepter and an ankh lhe was also sometimes depicted with a rams head. Amun means “hidden one”. Amun would later be fused with Ra creating Amun-Ra a sun God who also acted as chief of the Gods.

Anat: Anat was a Semitic Goddess who was also worshipped in ancient Egypt.

Anti: Anti is an obscure God sometimes thought to be an aspect of Horus serving a specific function. Anti became considered the God of ferrymen and was consequently depicted as a falcon standing on a boat -a reference to Horus who was falcon-headed.

Anubis: Anubis (depicted top left) was the wolf or jakal headed God of mummification and embalming, the afterlife and of funeral rites. Anubis represents the psychopomp that leads the souls of the dead to the afterlife and had the task of weighing the Ib (Heart) against the feather of truth (Shu) on the scales of Ma’at. Anubis would ultimately determine where the soul was sent after the ceremony. Anubis had a consort by the name of Anput and a son by the name of Kebachet. Anubis is supposed to be canine headed because the dead were often dug up and eaten by wild dogs and in a form of counter-curse the Egyptians decided to use the symbol of a canine as a protective symbol against this. Anubis was originally the son of Ra and later the son of Hesat or Bastet, later he would be the son of Nephthys and her brother Osiris making him the brother of Horus. Anubis was said to smell the scent of death on dead souls and eat them unless they were fragrant which is why care was taken to perfume mummies.

Anput: Anput was the consort of Anubis. Anput is depicted as a woman with a jackal hieroglyphic above her head and assumes the role of Goddess of the dead and mummification as a feminine aspect of Anubis. Anput is the mother of Kebechet and sometimes also considered mother of the monster, Amut - the devourer.

Anukis: Anukis represented the Nile and was a water Goddess. Anukis was part of a triad with the God Khnum and the Goddess Satis. Anukis was depicted with a headress of feathers and holding an ankh, her sacred animal was the gazelle. When the Nile flooded its bank anually the festival dedicated to Anukis began and people would throw golden trinkets into the Nile to celibrate the fertility of the Goddess, the Egyptians had a taboo about eating fish which were considered too sacred to eat or otherwise vulgar to eat and this taboo would be lifted during this festival suggesting that the fish may have been a sacred animal to Anukis.

Apedmak: Although technically a God of Meroitic culture, Apedmak was a lion-headed God sometimes depicted with three faces and four arms and at other times depicted as a snake with a lions head (such as the Hellenistic Chonubis). Apedmak symbolised war and was a warrior God.

Apis: The Apis bull (depicted top row and central) was a symbol of strength and fertility and represents the pharoah. Apis was a deity in the form of a bull with the sun disc between his horns. The Apis bull was said to birth 1,000 bees which represented souls because of this honey bee’s bare the latin name “Apis Mellifera”. Apis was the herald of the moon God Ptah, bovines in the region in which Ptah was worshipped exhibited white patterns on their mostly black bodies and so a belief began that the Apis bull had to be either pure black or pure white. The bull was selected from the herd, brought to the temple, given a harem of cows and worshipped as an aspect of Ptah. The bulls mother was said to be concieved by lightning or moonbeams and was also worshiped. At the temple the Apis bull was used as an oracle, his movement being interpreted as prophecies or divination. The Apis bull’s breath was believed to cure diseases and his presence to bless those around him with virility. The Apis bull was lead through the streets on fertility festivals having been decked out in gold and flowers. Apis was also considered to be the Ka (vital spark) of Osiris. In the myth of Bitiu and Anupu, Bitiu transforms into the Apis bull in order to exact vengeance.

Apophis: Apophis (depicted top right) was a serpent God of chaos and darkness making him the opponent of the sun and light deities Ra snd Horus and also the law deity Ma’at. Apophis was said to be sixteen yards in length and had a head made of flint. In mythology Apophis was said to attempt to swallow the sun each night and was defeated each day. Apophis is said to be bound and captive in the underworld by four divine beings, Apophis was the leader of the other serpentine demons. Apophis was said to have a roar that shook the underworld and a variety of Gods including Bastet were said to accompany Ra into battle with Apophis. Apophis is sometimes thought of as a primordial deity overthrown by Ra. Apophis is said to devour souls and is prophecised to be destroyed by Ra in the form of the sun cat Mau by the tree of life at the end of days.

Arensnuphis: As a deity Arensnuphis’s role is unknown although he was depucted as lion-headed with crows feathers and often held a spear.

Astarte: Astarte was a Semitic Canaanite Goddess sometimes worshiped in Egypt.

Aten: Aten is an aspect of Ra and is depicted as a sun disc with many outstretched hands. Atens worship was put into practice by pharoah Akhenaten. Aten is thought to be a merger of Ra and Horus.

Atum: Atum is the primordial creator God whose name means “finisher”. Atum was said to have created all things and as such all things were a part of his soul. Atum was a hermaphrodite being said to have established the first land called “Benben”. Atum formed the deities Shu and Tefnut from a Hieros Gamos with his female shadow-self Iusaaset.

Ba’al: Ba’al was a Semitic God who was also sometimes worshiped in ancient Egypt.

Baba: Baba was a baboon deity said to be the chief of all baboons. Baboons were regarded as the reincarnation of deceased ancestors in ancient Egypt for their human-like characteristics. Baba was depicted as blood thirsty and said to live on entrails, he was also considered an underworld deity that devoured souls and was often depicted next to a lake of fire - symbolic of destruction. Baba was often depicted to have an erection which symbolises verility and fertility, this erection was also used as a mast for underworld boats. Baba also took place on the scales of Ma’at where he would devour souls of the unrighteous in this way he is the shadow if the ape of Thoth, Aani which was the dog-headed ape that determined the exact weight of the Ib (heart) against the feather of truth (Shu).

Banebdjedet: Banebdjedet was a ram-headed God supposed to depict the “Ba” (soul) of Osiris. Banebdjedet was the husband of Hatmehit and between them they fathered Horus, thus in later myths Banebdjedet became Osiris and Hatmehit became Isis. Sometimes Banebdjedet was depicted with four-ram-faces to show the four souls of the sun God Ra or alternatively the first four Gods to rule Egypt: Osiris, Geb, Shu and Ra-Atum. Banebdjedet plays a small role in the dispute between Seth and Horus first declining to be a judge of the competition and secondly suggesting that Seth be given the throne they competed for since he was the elder of the two. In one myth the God Ptah took the form of Banebdjedet due to Banebdjedet’s virility in order to have union with the woman who would then concieve Ramesses II.

Bastet: Bastet (depicted second row and left) was originally the lion-headed war Goddess Sekhmet who transformed into the cat-headed Goddess Bastet after being pacified with alcahol. Bastet was a protector of Ra and a Goddess of love, music and dance. Bastet was given the title “Lady of the flame” and “Eye of Ra” from her union with Ra as his consort. Bastet protected the pharoah and warded off evil spirits in the same way cats protected the food stocks from vermin. Bastet was depicted as holding a sistrum (rattle) and an ankh in connection to her powers over music and protection. Bastet in the form of the “Eye of Ra” became closely associated with Wadjet she was also said to have birthed Maahes and Nefertum and was herself a daughter of Amun-Ra.

Bat: Bat was a Goddess depicted with bovine features she was heavily associated with the sistrum (rattle) and would feature on amulets. Bat was also depicted as a cow surrounded by stars and would eventually be merged into and subsumed by the Goddess Hathor the key difference being Bat’s horns curve inwards while Hathor’s curve outwards.

Bes: Bes (depicted second row and central) is a short imp-like creature with a beard, wearing a soldiers tunic. Bes is protective God of the household noted to be a God that drove away evil and also of healing, dance and sexual pleasure. Bes was also known to be a patron of women in child-birth.

Buchis: Buchis was the bull-form of the God Montu, bulls were chosen as representations of Montu if they had white fur but a black face and were then worshiped as deities. Buchis would come to be merged with Apis and was replaced by worship of Apis.

Dedun: God of Incense used in funeral rites and is associated with a sacred fire that almost destroyed the other Gods. Dedun would later become a God of wealth and prosperity as trade in incense brought great wealth to his area of worship.

Duamutef: Duamutef whose name means “He who adores his mother” was said to be the son of Horus and either Isis or Selket. As one of the “Four sons of Horus” who protect the canopic jars and are depicted on them he was said to guard the stomach and was sometimes represented as a mummified man and other times as a jackal-headed deity. Duamutef is himself said to be protected by the Goddess Neith. In other myths Duamutef and his three brothers are said to be the sons of Osiris that spawned from a blooming lily flower that arose from the primordial ocean. Duamutef and his brothers are therefore deities of embalming, mummification and protection in the underworld. Duamutef was said to represent the East was one of the four rudders of heaven or four pillars of Shu.

Geb: Geb (depicted central right beneath his sister Nut) was the fertility earth God who was unified with his sister the sky Goddess Nut in a myth resembling the Sumerian Anu and Ki. Geb was said to have been fathered by Shu and born of Tefnut. Geb was also the father of Osiris, Seth, Isis and Nephthys. Geb was also said to have fathered the snake Nehebukau who was guardian of the underworld said to connect the Ka and Ba together and thus possibly relates to an Egyptian varient of kundalini mysteries which rise from the root chakra in Hinduism which relates to the Earth or in this case Geb.

Hapi: Hapi (depicted third row and left) was an androdgynous God of the flooded Nile, since the anual flooding of the Nile brought fertile soil that allowed crops to flourish so too was Hapi identified with fertility and vegetation. Hapi also bore the title “Lord of the fishes and birds and marshes”. Hapi was often depicted as blue or green skinned with large breasts and a pregnant belly alongside a beard and often as a mirrored duality. The association with fertility lead Hapi to be regarded as a creator figure who kept the cosmos in balance. Hapi is often depicted surrounded by frogs and papyrus or crocodiles and the lotus flower. Rarely Hapi is depicted as a hippopotamus and in the depiction of his duality Hapi is shown to tie together the sacred water lily symbolising the sacred marriage and the unification of upper and lower Egypt as implied by the central hieroglyph in the image which translates as “union”. Hapi was often depicted emptying a large vase of water symbolic of the flooding Nile that may relate to an early Egyptian equivalent of the star sign Aquarius.

Hapy: Hapy was one of the four sons of Horus and was depicted as a man with the head of a babboon, he was also depicted on canopic jars and protected the lungs, he was himself said to be protected by Nephthys. Hapy is often depicted holding the throne of Osiris and was said to be the son of Horus and mothered by either Isis or Selket. Hapy was said to represent North and was one of the four rudders of heaven or four pillars of Shu.

Hathor: Hathor (depicted third row and central) - whose name means “Mansion of Horus” was an Egyptian Goddess primarily associated with fertility, lust and love but also with thr sky and music as well as beauty and motherhood. Hathor is also a psychopomp leading souls through the underworld and was often depicted as a cow or as a woman with the sundisc between cows horns. Hathor is often shown with an amulet, two feathers, a scepter and ankh. Hathor is suggested to be a sky Goddess because the sun God Horus is “housed in her”. In a complicated relationship Hathor is sometimes seen as the mother, daughter or wife of Ra and like Isis, is at times the mother of Horus and associated with Bastet this is due to her mythology changing over time. Hathor is sometimes the “Eye of Ra” and absorbed her connection to Ra from an origin in the cow Goddess Meht-Urt. As a mother Hathor gave birth to Ra each morning on the Eastern horizon and as wife she conceives through union with him each day in a myth that clearly depicts sacred marriage. Hathor was also associated with the Wadjet which to the ancient Egyptians symbolised the “Nile in the sky” or the “milky way” which was itself spawned from the udders of Hathor/Meht-Urt, because of this association with the Wadjet, Hathor became known as “Eye of Ra”. Since Hathor was the creator of the universe in the form of Meht-Urt she was seen to have brought forth order or the principle of Ma’at, Ma’at is therefore the “Third eye of Hathor”. In one myth the people of lower Egypt were invaded by the pharoah of upper Egypt and refused to worship Ra seeing him as a deity of the pharoahs oppression until Ra communicated to Hathor through her third eye (Ma’at) and in wrath transformed herself into the lioness-headed war Goddess Sekhmet and went on a murderous rampage, she was only calmed when tricked into drinking beer which transformed her into the cat-headed Goddess Bastet.

Hatmehit: Hatmehit (depicted three rows down and right) was a fish Goddess of Mendes often depicted with a fish headress or crown on her head. Hatmehit was a Goddess of life, magic and protection and was associated with the primordial waters brought forth by Meht-Urt. When Osiris came to be worshiped in Egypt his Ba (Vital Spark) Banebdjedet was said to have been husband of Hatmehit. When the mythology of Horus began as son of Osiris he was also son of Hatmehit who ultimately became Hathor and later Isis. Hatmehit was also represented by a dolphin or as a catfish connecting the truth of sexual union to the myth that Osiris’s phallus was swallowed by a fish. Hatmehit is later partnered with the fish God Rem and the pair are associated with the twin fishes that guide Ra’s sun boat and may have links to the star sign Pisces.

Hauhet: Hauhet was the consort of her brother Huh and both were primordial deities of the Ogdoad. Hauhet is the female counterpart of Huh and was depicted as snake-headed. In some myths Hauhet represented fire and was cat-headed, in more common myths she was associating with the primordial waters and was the Goddess of limitlessness or infinity.

Hedetet: Hedetet is thought to be a Goddess of children and simultaniously scorpions as she was often depicted as scorpion-headed and nursing a child. Hedetet is also often associated with the underworld. Hedetet is thought to be an aspect of the Goddess Selket and in later mythologies would become merged into Isis.

Heka: Heka (depicted bottom) was the deification of magic and was said to have existed before duality came into being (before the Ogdoad). Heka literally means “to utilise Ka” (Ka meaning soul) as the Egyptians believed the magic was the working of the soul made to manifest. Heka was said to have been born of Atum and may represent the will or soul of Atum used to create the universe. The hieroglyp for Heka’s name featured a twist of flax within a pair of raised arms however it also resembles a pair of entwined snakes within the arms. Heka was also said to have battled and conquered two great serpents and was usually depicted as a man choking two giant entwined snakes, while this may relate to DNA and more likely kundalini/serpent energy mysteries it may also relate to medicinal practices performed by Heka’s priesthood and had an influence on later deities depicted the same way such as Minoan snake Goddesses or the caduceus of Hermes.

[rudjedet]

Hi! I love your blog! I was wondering if you could recommend me books about Neftis. She’s my favorite goddess, and I feel that many “comercial” books about the Egyptian pantheon sometimes don’t pay enough attention to her. Please! And thank you! I hope you’re feeling better now.

I love Nephthys (or Neftis, or Nebet-het; basically do whatever with spelling, I don’t mean to correct you), too! Unfortunately the reason she seems “overlooked” in coffee table books about the Egyptian religion and cosmogonological traditions is that we just don’t know much about her. Though she was part of the Ennead and played a distinct part in funerary rites, she doesn’t seem to have had a cult of her own like other goddesses and seemed mostly worshipped in conjunction with Isis.

Personally I think the most interesting part about her is that she was one of the few gods in a same-sex pairing (Egyptian gods were often grouped, and the simplest one of these is the pair/couple, which can mean husband/wife, or siblings, and sometimes both). Nephthys’ main pairing was with her sister Isis, and they appear together in many ritual depictions surrounding funerary rites.

One of the most famous, which you’ve probably already seen, is this one from the tomb of Nefertari: 

Here they’re surrounding a green-skinned, ram-headed mummiform god. The text on either side of him read “This is Re when he has come to rest in Osiris” and “This is Osiris when he has come to rest in Re”, indicating syncretism between those gods.

We don’t know much about Nephthys before her first appearance in the Heliopolitan Ennead, but she was an important funerary goddess. She’s described as the King’s nurse in the Pyramid Texts; “My mother is Isis, my nurse is Nephthys (…), Neith is behind me, and Serqet is before me.” (PT 1375) And of course she is the guardian goddess of Hapy, the Son of Horus who protects the lungs of the deceased. 

In the Osiris myth cycle she always takes the side of Isis and Horus, even though she was nominally married to Seth the same way Osiris and Isis were partnered. From the 26th dynasty onward there was a boom in the use of her amulets in mummification; we only have a few earlier examples, these date to the 22nd dynasty. There seems to be no formal cult for her though she was portrayed in the temples of the gods with whom she was associated. Usually in Isis’ sanctuaries, but in the Late Period also in those of the goddess Anukis.

Similarly, in most books she’s discussed in conjunction with the gods she’s associated with, such as Andrea Kucharek’s Die Klagelieder von Isis und Nephthys in Texten der Griechisch-Römischen Zeit. So I’m afraid I don’t really have much to recommend for you to read, barring the Egyptian texts and mythological traditions in which she plays a part. Miriam Lichtheim’s Ancient Egyptian Literature has a number of these, and although the translations are a tad dated those books should be relatively easy to get your hands on. 

[jaceythejester]

The Egyptian artefacts in Kamilah’s office

1) Ramses II figurine For display    Ramses II, known as Ramses the Great, was the greatest pharaoh of the 19th Dynasty during the New Kingdom. He was one of the most powerful pharaohs who lived over 90 years and ruled for 66 years (1292-1186 BCE) This figurine has the same image with ‘The Younger Memnon’ grey granite monumental statue of Ramses II which weighs 7.25 tons and is housed in the British museum. 

2) The Khopesh A bronze sickle sword    The Khopesh is a hybrid between a sword and an axe. Two of them were found in King Tutankhamun’s treasure. The one on Kamilah’s shelf is made of bronze which means that it might actually come from around the period when King Tutankhamun, one of the most famous pharaohs, reigned (read more about King Tut at No.7)

3) Goddess Bastet Mask For display    Bast, one of the most popular goddesses of ancient Egypt, was depicted as a woman with a head of a cat. She was a goddess of dance and music and a destroyer of evil. Her sacred animal is cat. Cats decimated the mice population which threatened the food supply of vital grains. Many pharaohs included her depictions on their thrones. Fun fact; cruelty against cats and killing cats was a crime punishable by death.     She was widely worshipped in Lower Egypt. The centre of her cult was her temple at Bubastis which was the capital of ancient Egypt for a time during the Late Period (712-323 BCE)

4) Scented Candle Probably for wax play    Candle can be used to set a sexy and sensual mood 😏 A soy candle is less likely to cause skin irritation. It cools quickly on contact and can be cleaned easily.

5) Eye of Horus vase For display    Horus is the name of a sky god in ancient Egyptian mythology. The “Eye of Horus” is a powerful symbol in ancient Egypt. It was used as a protective amulet in jewellery made of gold, silver, wood, lapis lazuli and porcelain to ensure the safety of the bearers and it was believed to also provide wisdom and prosperity.    The Eye of Horus represents the six senses (touch, taste, hearing, sight, smell and thought) Please see link in Source for illustration and further explanation.

6) Sehkmet faience statue An amulet    Sekhmet, a goddess of war, was usually depicted as a woman who had a head of a lioness. It was believed that she was sent by Ra, the original sun God, to punish humankind at the time when human refused to keep justice and balance in human world.    Sekhmet was the protector of pharaohs and she was the warrior who protected the border of Egypt and she was worshipped in upper Egypt.    Egyptian faience, the oldest known type of glazed ceramic first developed more than 6,000 years ago in ancient Egypt. It has shades of turquoise, blue and green. 

7) A photo of a relief of King Tutankhamun and Egyptian gods; Anubis and Nephthys See Source for HD photo

   At the age of 9, Tutankhamun became an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty and he continued to rule for 10 years until his death at age 19, around 1324 BCE. Since he had left no heir to the throne, his commander named Horemheb was expected to take his place. However, Ay who was one of King Tut’s servants took the chance to take the throne and tried to wed Tutankhamun’s queen, Anksenamun.     Whether she was forced to remarry Ay or not is unknown. Maybe Ay and Horemheb planned the assasination of Tutankhamun which would explain why his death was so sudden. Not to mention, Horemheb tried very hard to destroy all the evidence that proved Tutankhamun had ever existed. Tutankhamun’s tomb was found in 1922.

   Anubis’s popularity spread into other periods because he became associated with the gods of other lands. In the early Christian period, It was likely that Anubis became associated with Charon in Greek mythology. Anubis’s sacred duty included making sure that the body of the dead would be respected, the souls protected in the afterlife and the dead would be judged fairly. 

   Nephthys, sister of Osiris, Isis, and Seth and the mother of Anubis, was also known as the “Goddess of divine assistance” who helped Isis find and rebuild the body of Osiris.    She represented protective guardianship on multiple levels such as helping the deceased in their journey through the Underworld to the Afterlife.

8) Limestone Stela of Sin, the Moon God in Mesopotamia myth See Source for photo in HD    Sin, the Moon God in Mesopotamian myth was depicted with a classic look of a wise old man with long, epic beard. But that’s not why he was one of the most important deities in the wider pantheon of Mesopotamia.    The horizontal crescent moon is Sin’s signature symbol. The Moon God’s role included his ability to illuminate darkness.

9) Sphinx of Ramses II figurine A figurine that Kamilah uses as a book end    The sphinx, a lion with a human head, represents the power of the Egyptian king, both to protect his people and to conquer the enemies of Egypt.     This figurine is a replica of Sphinx of Ramses II whom we also know as Ramses the Great (19th Dynasty, 1293-1185 BCE) It was originally dedicated to the temple of the god Ptah, consort of Sekhmet, at Memphis in Egypt.

10) Egyptian Fan Axe For display       It was never found by the archaeologist. Evidence suggests that maybe it was newly designed by people of the 21st century. If it really existed in the past, it might have been used in rituals only. 

Bloodbound screenshot from my gameplay: youtube.com/JaceytheJester wattpad.com/JaceytheJester 

Source 1 Ramses II and  The British Museum 2 History’s deadliest weapon; the Khopesh and Liberty Biblical Museum 3 Goddess Bastest and Bast Goddess Mask 4 Common knowledge by anyone who knows a bit about bdsm. 5 The Eye of Horus and Eye of Horus vase 6 Egyptian Faience Sehkmet Amulet 7 Egyptian relief painting, Anubis, Nephthys and King Tutankhamun 8 HD photo and Sin Mesopotamian mythology 9 The granite sphinx of Ramses II at Penn Museum 10 Tomb Raider