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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.
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[[Category:Death goddesses]]
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