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Nephthys

Also Known As: Nebhet Responsible For Immortality Justice Water Weather Wild Birds Moon and Night The Underworld Totemic Form Moon About Her Cult Cult Center: Heliopolis, Abydos Rituals that commemorated the murder and resurrection of Osiris included Nephthys as an important participant, due to her role in the legend. Nephthys was honored in funerary rituals as a guide who gave guidance and assistance to the newly deceased. Images found at Edfu, Dendera, and Behbeit depict Nephthys receiving offerings of beer from the Pharaoh, and therefore beer consumption was often part of her rites. Legends Nephthys was the personification of darkness and all that belongs to it. She was the daughter of Nut, and sister of Isis. After Set murdered Osiris, dismembered him, and strewed his body parts throughout Egypt, Nephthys helped his wife Isis search for the pieces. She was also one of the goddesses linked to nursing the infant Horus.
Name in Hieroglyphics The name Nephthys means, literally, "Lady of the House", but not in the sense of a dwelling where people live. Rather, the "house" referred to would be a house of worship, a building on the grounds of a temple complex. Therefore, her title is referring to her as being in the role of a priestess rather than that of a homemaker. The "house and basket symbol" can be used by itself. Optionally, the semicircular loaf symbol and the seated goddess symbol can be added.
Depicting Nephthys Nephyths appears in funerary scenes, standing next to Isis, just behind Osiris. Her name means, "Lady of the House," and the hieroglyphic symbols for her name (a house and a basket) appear on her head. If doing a theatrical portrayal of Nephthys, these elements may be useful in building the character: Wearing a green dress Wearing a headdress resembling the one that is typically depicted in papyri, temple walls, and tombs. Beer The moon