Nephthys
Nephthys as shown in Egyptian art
Meaning
Proper Noun
- (Egyptian mythology) An ancient Egyptian goddess, the wife of Set and sister of Isis, Osiris, and Set, worshiped as a protective goddess and nurse of the pharaoh and associated with funerary rites and the transition from life to death.
Origin
- Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νέφθυς, from Egyptian nbt-ḥwt,
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Modern English dictionary
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