Kebechet facts for kids

In Egyptian mythology, Kebechet, and also known as Khebhut, Kebehut, Qébéhout, and Kabehchet is a goddess, a deification of embalming liquid. Her name means cooling water.

Myths

Kebechet is a daughter of Anubis and his wife Anput, who is just his female aspect. Her home is Duat.

She is the goddess of freshness and purification through water who washed the entrails of the deceased and brought the sacred water to Anubis for his tasks. She was thought to give water to the spirits of the dead while they waited for the mummification process to be complete. She was probably related to mummification where she would fortify the body against corruption, so it would stay fresh for reanimation by the deceased.

Like all female concepts from the Ogdoad belief system, Kebechet was depicted as a snake, or simply as a woman with the head of a snake, although in rare instances she was pictured as an ostrich, which was representative of Ma'at. It is also said that that Kebechet helped purify the mummies for Anubis.

Images for kids

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  Anubis, father of Kebechet

See also

In Spanish: Qebehut para niños