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[[File:Nephthys.jpeg|frame|right|Nephthys]]Nephtys is daughter of [[Nut]] and [[Geb]]. Nephthys was typically paired with her sister Isis in funerary rites because of their role as protectors of the mummy and the god [[Osiris]]. She was the sister-wife of [[Set]]. | [[File:Nephthys.jpeg|frame|right|Nephthys]]Nephtys is one of the [[Egyptian Nine Ennead]]. She is daughter of [[Nut]] and [[Geb]]. Nephthys was typically paired with her sister Isis in funerary rites because of their role as protectors of the mummy and the god [[Osiris]]. She was the sister-wife of [[Set]]. | ||
Nephthys plays an important role in the Osirian myth-cycle. It is Nephthys who assists [[Isis]] in gathering and mourning the dismembered portions of the body of [[Osiris]], after his murder by the envious Set. Nephthys also serves as the nursemaid and watchful guardian of the infant Horus. The Pyramid Texts refer to [[Isis]] as the "birth-mother" and to Nephthys as the "nursing-mother" of Horus. | Nephthys plays an important role in the Osirian myth-cycle. It is Nephthys who assists [[Isis]] in gathering and mourning the dismembered portions of the body of [[Osiris]], after his murder by the envious Set. Nephthys also serves as the nursemaid and watchful guardian of the infant Horus. The Pyramid Texts refer to [[Isis]] as the "birth-mother" and to Nephthys as the "nursing-mother" of Horus. | ||