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{{short description|Ancient Egyptian goddess}} {{For|the catworm genus|Nephtys}} {{Infobox deity | type = Egyptian | name = Nephthys | image = Nepthys.svg | image_upright = .7 | caption = Nephthys was normally portrayed as a young woman, wearing a headdress in the shape of a house and basket | hiero = <hiero>O9 t:H8</hiero> | cult_center = None specifically, [[Diospolis Parva]] | symbol = The sacred temple enclosure | parents = [[Geb]] and [[Nut (goddess)|Nut]] | siblings = [[Isis]], [[Osiris]], [[Horus the Elder|Haroeris]], and [[Set (deity)|Set]] | consort = [[Set (mythology)|Set]], [[Osiris]], [[Horus]], (in some myths)<ref name="Levai-2007">{{Cite book|last=Lévai|first=Jessica|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C7vTAQAACAAJ&q=levai+jessica+aspects+of+nephthys|title=Aspects of the Goddess Nephthys, Especially During the Graeco-Roman Period in Egypt|date=2007|publisher=UMI|language=en}}</ref> [[Anubis]] (in Nubia)<ref name="Levai-2007"/> | offspring = [[Anubis]], [[Horus]] (in some myths)<ref name="Levai-2007"/> }} {{Ancient Egyptian religion}} '''Nephthys''' or '''Nebet-Het''' in [[Egyptian language|ancient Egyptian]] ({{langx|grc|Νέφθυς}}) was a goddess in [[ancient Egyptian religion]]. A member of the Great [[Ennead]] of [[Heliopolis (Ancient Egypt)|Heliopolis]] in [[Egyptian mythology]], she was a daughter of [[Nut (goddess)|Nut]] and [[Geb]]. Nephthys was typically paired with her sister [[Isis]] in funerary rites<ref name="Shahawy-2005">{{cite book | last=Shahawy | first=Abeer El | title=The funerary art of Ancient Egypt: a bridge to the realm of the hereafter | publisher=Farid Atiya Press | year=2005 | isbn=978-977-17-2353-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TIzHcd0sKpQC&pg=PA73 | access-date=2024-11-26 | page=73}}</ref> because of their role as protectors of the mummy, with her brother [[Osiris]], and as the [[sister-wife]] of [[Set (deity)|Set]]. She was associated with [[mourning]], the night/darkness, service (specifically temples), childbirth, the dead, protection, magic, health, embalming, and beer.
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