Egyptian mythology
Nephthys
Goddess of Mourning, Protection, and the Threshold
- Mythology
- Egyptian mythology
- Children
- Anubis
- Group
- Ennead · Protection · Duat · Magic · Divine · Death · Underworld · Aaru · Childbirth · Solar Barque · Funerary
- Appears in
- The Osiris Myth: Murder and Dismemberment · Isis Resurrects Osiris · The Birth and Exile of Horus · The Weighing of the Heart · The Creation of the Ennead · The Contendings of Horus and Seth
- Places
- Heliopolis · Abydos · Valley of the Kings · Duat · Aaru · Philae
- Objects
- Canopic Jars
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Nephthys is the goddess of mourning, daughter of Geb and Nut, sister of Isis, Osiris, and Set, and wife of Set. When Set murders Osiris, Nephthys abandons her husband and joins Isis to search for the scattered body, mourn the dead god, and help restore him to life. The two sisters appear together at the head and foot of the bier and on coffins as winged protectors of the dead, and Nephthys guards the canopic jar of Hapi with the other tutelary goddesses. In some traditions she is mother of Anubis. Standing at every threshold, she is the divine keener whose grief safeguards the journey through death.
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The Osiris Myth: Murder and Dismemberment
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Nephthys?
- Nephthys is the goddess of mourning, daughter of Geb and Nut, sister of Isis, Osiris, and Set, and wife of Set. When Set murders Osiris, Nephthys abandons her husband and joins Isis to search for the scattered body, mourn the dead god, and help restore him to life.
- Which mythology does Nephthys belong to?
- Nephthys belongs to Egyptian mythology.
- Which stories does Nephthys appear in?
- Nephthys appears in The Osiris Myth: Murder and Dismemberment, Isis Resurrects Osiris, The Birth and Exile of Horus, The Weighing of the Heart, The Creation of the Ennead, The Contendings of Horus and Seth, told as chaptered audio dramas in MythologyNow.
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