Neith at Sais
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Forms of Neith
Neith as an ancient goddess who rose to prominence during the Twenty-sixth Dynasty when the ruling family chose Sais as the Capital of Egypt.
Her shield and crosssed arrows was an ancient symbol found on objects from the First Dynasty.
Neith wears the Red Crown of Lower Egypt and forms a triad with Seth and their child Sobek, the crocodile god.
Neith, Isis, Nephythys and Selket, the scorpion goddess were the funerary goddesses
who protected the "Sons of Horus" who watched over the internal organs of the
deceased in the canopic jars. Neith protected Duamutef, the jackel, who protected
the stomach and upper intestines.
"The Sons of Horus"
Canopic Jars - Form, Name, Contents and Guardian Goddess
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Jar Form |
Name |
Contents |
Guarded by |
Baboon |
Hapy |
Lungs |
Nepthys |
Hawk |
Qebehsenuef |
Lower Intestines |
Selket |
Human |
Imsety |
Liver |
Isis |
Jackel |
Duamutef |
Stomach |
Neith |
The canopic jars in the tomb of Tutankhamun were in jars more fitting the Aten religious art. The stoppers of the jars were beautiful portraits.
However, the four goddesses were beautifully carved and guilded and stood guard at each side of the gilded wooden shrine that held the alabaster chest that contained the preserved organs of Tutankhamun.
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