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Nephthys

Nephthys \Nephthys\ prop. n. The goddess associated with ritual of the dead; sister of Geb and Nut; wife of Set.

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Nephthys

Nephthys or Nebthet was a goddess in ancient Egyptian religion. A member of the Great Ennead of Heliopolis in Egyptian mythology, she was a daughter of Nut and Geb. Nephthys was typically paired with her sister Isis in funerary rites because of their role as protectors of the mummy and the god Osiris and as the sister-wife of Set.

Usage examples of "nephthys".

But first, before I forget, Nephthys instructed me to give you her warmest greeting.

Songs of Isis and Nephthys," and the "Litanies of Seker," and the "Book of Honouring Osiris," etc.

The person who has it in his possession controls all the dark forces of the underworld, It is the only one of the fourteen segments of Osiris' body that was never recovered by Isis and her sister Nephthys from the far corners of the earth to which Seth scattered them.

Every one of them, from Pharaoh to the meanest vassal, was captive to my voice, as in my lambent prose I described the mourning of Isis and her sister Nephthys at the death of their brother.

He walked back to the throne between Isis and Nephthys, directly behind the scales.

Raymond ducked out of the Osiris helmet and moved behind Nephthys on the throne's opposite side.