Imsety

**Imsety**


 * Other Names:**[[image:180px-Amset.jpg width="176" height="260" align="left"]]

Amset, Imseti, Imset, Amsit, Ameshet, Mestha, Mesti


 * Meaning of Name:**

“The Kindly One”


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 * Family:**

One of the Sons of Horus and Isis, Imsety's brothers are Hapy, Qebhsenuef, and Duamutef.

Imsety was the protector of the liver and gall bladder of the deceased, and was protected by the goddess Isis. Imsety 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 South.

Imsety was pictured as a mummified man, often represented on the canopic jars which held the organs of the deceased. In some occasions Imsety was pictured as a woman instead of a man.


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

“I have come to lift up my father; I betake myself to him in this my name of Imsety. I have come that I may protect thee. I am beneath thee, lifting thee up, I am not far from thee.”

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