Editing Anput

{{short description|Ancient Egyptian goddess}}
{{Infobox deity
| type = Egyptian
| name = '''Anput'''
| image = Anput.svg
| hiero = <hiero>M17-N35:Q3-E15-X1:H8</hiero>
| symbol = [[jackal]], [[canopic jars]], mummy gauze
| consort = [[Anubis]]
}}
'''Anput''' is a [[Egyptian pantheon|goddess]] in [[ancient Egyptian religion]]. Her name is written in [[Egyptian hieroglyphs|hieroglyphs]] as ''jnpwt'' (reconstructed in Middle Egyptian as /ʔan.ˈpa.wat/ or /jan.ˈpa.wat/).<ref name="Seawright"/> In English, her name also is rendered as '''Anupet''', '''Input''', '''Inpewt''', and '''Yineput'''.<ref name="Seawright">{{cite web|last1=Seawright|first1=Caroline|title=Anubis, God of Embalming and Guide and Friend of the Dead|url=http://www.thekeep.org/~kunoichi/kunoichi/themestream/anubis.html#.WTT7Y5KGOUk|access-date=5 June 2017|date=October 8, 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108181614/http://www.thekeep.org/~kunoichi/kunoichi/themestream/anubis.html#.WTT7Y5KGOUk|archive-date=8 January 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> As the female counterpart of her husband, [[Anubis]], who was known as ''jnpw'' to the Egyptians, Anput's name ends in a feminine "t" suffix when seen as ''jnpwt.''

She is also depicted as a woman, with a headdress showing a jackal recumbent upon a feather, as seen in the statue of the [[divine triad]] of [[Hathor]], [[Menkaure]], and Anput. She is occasionally depicted with the body of a woman and the head of a jackal, but this is very rare.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hill|first1=J|title=Gods of ancient Egypt: Anput|url=http://www.ancientegyptonline.co.uk/anput.html|website=Ancient Egypt Online|access-date=5 June 2017|date=2010}}</ref> 

As the consort of Anubis, Anput is a goddess of the dead, presiding over funerals and mummification. Additionally, she is a goddess of protection and also represented in relation to the desert, which was the realm of the dead for Ancient Egyptians. Unlike Anubis, Anput does not have a prominent role in Egyptian mythology, but she is thought to watch over the body of the god of the afterlife, Osiris, assuming the role of his protector for the duration of his death.

She is depicted in the Pyramid Texts as the serpent who "refreshes and purifies" the pharaoh and is believed to bring water to the spirits of the dead, as they wait for the completion of their mummification.

== Mythology ==
Anput is the female counterpart of the god [[Anubis]].<ref>Wilkinson, Richard H. (2003). ''The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt''. Thames & Hudson. p. 190</ref> She is also a goddess of the seventeenth [[Nome_(Egypt)|nome]] of [[Upper Egypt]].<ref>DuQuesne, Terence (2007), ''Anubis, Upwawet, and Other Deities: Personal Worship and Official Religion in Ancient Egypt'', p. 20</ref> She is also considered the protector of the body of [[Osiris]], the god of the afterlife.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Commonscatinline}}

{{Ancient Egyptian religion footer}}

[[Category:Egyptian death goddesses]]
[[Category:Mythological canines]]
[[Category:Anubis]]