Qebehut
| Qebehut in hieroglyphics | |||||
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| Old empire |
Qebehut QbḤw.t The (of) heavenly waters |
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Qebehut (also Qebehet, Kebehut, Kebehet ) was an ancient Egyptian goddess of the dead and has been documented since the Old Kingdom .
Qebehut appeared in the iconographic representation as a sky snake with an ostrich feather and embodied the cleansing water of Qebehu , with which the entrails of the deceased were poured over. Her special task was to help the deceased with their rebirth , for which she used the Nemset jugs .
In the pyramid texts she is mentioned as "daughter of Anubis " and "sister of the king ", who gives the king new life. In addition, she was also considered to be the “opener of the windows of heaven”, “goddess of the libation ” and the personification of Isis .
See also
literature
- 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. 223.