Editing Kebechet

{{short description|Ancient Egyptian goddess of embalming liquid}}
{{Infobox deity
| type = Egyptian
| name = '''Kebechet'''
| image = 
| hiero = <hiero>W16-X1-I12*H6:R12</hiero> or <hiero>q b H W16 w t D:R12</hiero>
| symbol = [[Serpent (symbolism)|Serpent]]
| parents = [[Anubis]]<ref>[http://www.egiptologia.org/mitologia/panteon/qebehut.htm Rosa Thode, ''El panteón egipcio'', Qebehut en egiptologia.org]</ref>
}}
{{Ancient Egyptian religion}}
In [[Egyptian mythology]], '''Kebechet''' (spelt in [[Egyptian hieroglyphs|hieroglyph]]s as '''Qbḥt (Qebehet)''' and also [[transliteration|transliterated]] as '''Khebhut''', '''Kebehut''', '''Qébéhout''', '''Kabehchet''' and '''Kebehwet''') is a [[goddess]], a deification of embalming liquid. Her name means ''cooling water''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thekeep.org/~kunoichi/kunoichi/themestream/anubis.html|title=Anubis, Ancient Egyptian God of Embalming and the Dead|last=seawright|first=caroline|website=www.thekeep.org|language=en|access-date=2018-03-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108181614/http://www.thekeep.org/~kunoichi/kunoichi/themestream/anubis.html|archive-date=2014-01-08|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Myths==
Kebechet is a daughter of [[Anubis]].<ref>[[Richard H. Wilkinson]]: ''Die Welt der Götter im Alten Ägypten'' - ''Glaube, Macht, Mythologie'' -. S. 223.</ref> In the [[Pyramid Texts]], Kebechet is referred to as a [[snake|serpent]] who "refreshes and purifies" the [[pharaoh]].<ref>{{citation|last=Hart|first=George|year=1986|title=A Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses|location=London|publisher=Routledge & Kegan Paul|isbn=0-415-34495-6|url=https://www.questia.com/read/107525007/a-dictionary-of-egyptian-gods-and-goddesses|postscript=.|page=26|access-date=2017-09-02|archive-date=2017-07-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705172929/https://www.questia.com/read/107525007/a-dictionary-of-egyptian-gods-and-goddesses|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Kebechet was thought to give water to the spirits of the dead while they waited for the [[Mummy|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 [[Ancient Egyptian concept of the soul|deceased's ''ka'']].

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