Qebhsenuef

**Qebhsenuef**


 * Other Names**

Qebsnewef, Qebsenuf, Kebehsenuef, Kebhsenuf, Kabexnuf


 * Meaning of Name:**

“He Who Refreshes (With Water) His Brothers”


 * Hieroglyphics:**[[image:10.178.2a,b_front.jpg width="174" height="274" align="right"]]




 * Family:**

One of the Four Sons of Horus and Isis, his brothers are Imsety, Hapy, and Duamutef.

Qebhsenuef was the protector of the small intestines of the deceased, and was protected by the goddess Selket. Qebhsenuef was also associated with other body parts - Qebhsenuef and Imsety were linked to the protection of the feet. As one of the four Pillars of Shu and one of the four Rudders of Heaven, he was associated with the West.

Qebhsenuef was pictured as a mummified man with the head of a falcon (on rare occasions the head of a bull instead), often represented on the canopic jars, which held the organs of the deceased. The Egyptians seem to sometimes confuse Qebhsenuef with Duamutef, and so there are some images and canopic jars showing Qebhsenuef with a jackal head.


 * Quotes from the Book of the Dead and other sources:**

“I come to refresh my father; I betake myself to him in this my name of Qebehsenuef. I have come that I may protect thee. I gather together thy bones, I collect thy limbs, I bring for thee thy heart. I place it upon its seat in thy body. I have come that I may give thee cool water.”