Duamutef

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Duamutef was one of the four sons of Horus and canopic gods who protected the mummified entrails. His parents are the god "Horus the Elder" ( Haroeris ) and the goddess Isis .

presentation

Duamutef is initially represented in human form, be the New Kingdom with the head of a jackal . In the literature, as in the case of Kebechsenuef , there are also different statements about his depiction with an animal's head : On the one hand, a falcon's head is assigned , on the other hand, that of a jackal's head.

Importance as the patron god of the canopi

Together with the three other Horus sons Amset , Hapi and Kebechsenuef he protected the mummified entrails. He was under the protection of the stomach.

Meaning in mythology

The pyramid texts name Duamutef as the patron god of the dead and their helper in ascending to heaven. Duamutef is called via the inscriptions on the canopic jugs and the associated canopic boxes and protects against hunger and thirst.

In the Osiris cycle , Duamutef, like the other sons of Horus, is “one of the hour watch on the corpse of Osiris”. He is the patron god of the third hour of the day and the third hour of night, of whom it is said at both times: "Duamutef comes to see you, he throws down the enemy on your left side."

The mythology according to which he was determined of Horus as his siblings as guardians of the cardinal points and sent as Krönungsbote east. Duamutef is also a star god. Duamutef forms a couple with Kebechsenuef in Hierakonpolis who guards the hands of Horus . His main place of worship is Buto , as well as Letopolis . His patron goddess is Neith .

See also

• List of Egyptian gods

literature

• Mary Barnett: Gods and Myths of Ancient Egypt. Gondrom, Bindlach 1998, ISBN 3-8112-1646-5 .
• Rolf Felde: Egyptian deities. 2nd enlarged and improved edition. R. Felde self-published, Wiesbaden 1995.
• Lucia Gahlin: Egypt. Gods, myths, religions. A fascinating guide through the mythology and religion of ancient Egypt to the magnificent temples, tombs and treasures of the first advanced civilization of mankind. Edition XXL, Reichelsheim 2001, ISBN 3-89736-312-7 .
• Wolfgang Helck , Eberhard Otto : Small Lexicon of Egyptology. 4th, revised edition. Harrasowitz, Wiesbaden 1999, ISBN 3-447-04027-0 .
• Veronica Ions: The gods and myths of Egypt (= the great religions of the world - gods, myths and legends ). Neuer Kaiser Verlag - Book and World, Klagenfurt 1988.
• Manfred Lurker : Lexicon of the gods and symbols of the ancient Egyptians. Handbook of the mystical and magical world of Egypt. Special edition. Scherz, Bern / Munich / Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-502-16430-4 .

Web links

Commons : Duamutef  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hans Bonnet: Duamutef. In: Hans Bonnet: Reallexikon der Ägyptischen Religionsgeschichte. (RÄRG). 3rd unchanged edition. Nikol, Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-937872-08-6 , p. 161.
2. ^ Karl Martin: Kanopen II. In: Wolfgang Helck, Eberhard Otto (Ed.): Lexikon der Ägyptologie. (LÄ). Volume 3: Horhekenu - Megeb. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1980, ISBN 3-447-02100-4 , column 317 and in: Hans Bonnet: Reallexikon der Ägyptischen Religionsgeschichte. (RÄRG). 3rd unchanged edition. Nikol, Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-937872-08-6 , p. 366.
3. ↑ Richard H. Wilkinson: The world of the gods in ancient Egypt. Faith, power, mythology (= The complete gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt ). Theiss, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8062-1819-6 , p. 88.
4. ↑ Rosemarie Drenkhahn: Kebehsenuef. In: Wolfgang Helck, Eberhard Otto (Hrsg.): Lexikon der Ägyptologie. (LÄ). Volume 3: Horhekenu - Megeb. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1980, ISBN 3-447-02100-4 , column 379.
5. ↑ Arne Eggebrecht : Duamutef. In: Wolfgang Helck, Eberhard Otto (Hrsg.): Lexikon der Ägyptologie. (LÄ). Volume 1: A - Harvest. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1980, ISBN 3-447-01670-1 , column 1150.
6. ^ Günther Roeder : Documents on the religion of ancient Egypt. Diederichs, Jena 1923, pp. 36, 41.