Duamutef

**Duamutef**


 * Other Names:**

Tuamutef, Thmoomathph


 * Meaning of Name:**

“He Who Praises His Mother” or “A Star is His Mother”


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 * Family:**

Duamutef was one of the four Sons of Horus and Isis, the brother to Imsety, Hapy, and Qebhsenuef.

Duamutef was the protector of the stomach and large intestines of the deceased, and was protected by the goddess Neith. Duamutef was also associated with other body parts - Hapy and Duamutef were linked to the protection of the hands. As one of the four Pillars of Shu and one of the four Rudders of Heaven, he was associated with the East.

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


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

“I love thee, I do not permit destruction to come to thee; I betake myself to him in this my name of Duamutef. I have come that I may protect thee. I kill for thee thy enemies. I place them under thy feet forever and ever.”