Kebechet 98336 214686121 2008-05-24T20:06:16Z PipepBot 4984067 robot Modifying: [[ca:Llista de personatges de la Mitologia Egípcia#K]] In [[Egyptian mythology]], '''Kebechet''' (spelt in [[Egyptian hieroglyphs|hieroglyph]]s as '''Qeb-Hwt''', and also [[transliteration|transliterated]] as '''Kebhut''', '''Kebehut''', '''Qébéhout''', and '''Kabechet''') was the deification of embalming liquid, her name meaning ''cooling water''. Such liquid was seen as the ''child'' of [[Anubis]], in the area where Kebechet was considered to exist, and consequently Kebechet was seen as his daughter. As the deification of embalming, she was seen as the [[goddess]] of freshness and purification via [[water]]. Like all female concepts from the [[Ogdoad]] belief system, Kebechet was depicted as a [[snake]] with a body of stars, or simply as a woman with the head of a snake, although in rare instances she was pictured as an [[ostrich]], which was representative of [[Ma'at]] (purity / righteousness). It is also said that she was the daughter of Anubis the god of mummification and it is said that Kebechet helped purify the mummies for Anubis. [[Category:Egyptian goddesses]] [[Category:Death goddesses]] [[Category:Egyptian mythology]] {{Egyptian-myth-stub}} [[ca:Llista de personatges de la Mitologia Egípcia#K]] [[da:Kebechet]] [[es:Qebehut]] [[fr:Qébéhout]] [[it:Kebechet]] [[no:Kebechet]] [[pt:Kebechet]] [[sv:Kebechet]]