| Anput | ||||||
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| Name inhieroglyphs |
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| Symbol | jackal,canopic jars, mummy gauze | |||||
| Consort | Anubis | |||||
Anput is agoddess inancient Egyptian religion. Her name is written inhieroglyphs asjnpwt (reconstructed in Middle Egyptian as /ʔan.ˈpa.wat/ or /jan.ˈpa.wat/).[1] In English, her name also is rendered asAnupet,Input,Inpewt, andYineput.[1] As the female counterpart of her husband,Anubis, who was known asjnpw to the Egyptians, Anput's name ends in a feminine "t" suffix when seen asjnpwt.
She is also depicted as a woman, with a headdress showing a jackal recumbent upon a feather, as seen in the statue of thedivine triad ofHathor,Menkaure, and Anput. She is occasionally depicted with the body of a woman and the head of a jackal, but this is very rare.[2]
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.
Anput is the female counterpart of the godAnubis.[3] She is also a goddess of the seventeenthnome ofUpper Egypt.[4] She is also considered the protector of the body ofOsiris, the god of the afterlife.
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