Per-Qebḥut
𓏂𓏏𓆗𓆄𓊾 𓏘𓃀𓎛𓏁𓅱𓏏
MDC: qb-Hwt
Gardiner: ḳbḥwt
Budge:
Transliteration: Qeb-hwt
Coptic: (S) kbo ⲕⲃⲟ, (S) kba ⲕⲃⲁ, (S) kbē ⲕⲃⲉ, (S) (B) kēb ⲕⲏⲃ (Cooling)
Hebrew:
Greek:
Demotic:
Russian: Kebhut Кебехут
English: Kebechet
Kemetic:
Alt: Khebhut, Kebehut, Qébéhout, Kabehchet, Kebehwet
Pronounced: Qebḥut, possibly Qebaḥut
Meaning: The lady of the cooling water, she of the purification by water
qbH means to purify or to give water libations the t ending is feminine. Likewise qbHw means coolness, wt hints at the word bandage, to bind or wrappings suggesting her job helping her father with embalming.
Gardiner: ḳbḥwt
Budge:
Transliteration: Qeb-hwt
Coptic: (S) kbo ⲕⲃⲟ, (S) kba ⲕⲃⲁ, (S) kbē ⲕⲃⲉ, (S) (B) kēb ⲕⲏⲃ (Cooling)
Hebrew:
Greek:
Demotic:
Russian: Kebhut Кебехут
English: Kebechet
Kemetic:
Alt: Khebhut, Kebehut, Qébéhout, Kabehchet, Kebehwet
Pronounced: Qebḥut, possibly Qebaḥut
Meaning: The lady of the cooling water, she of the purification by water
qbH means to purify or to give water libations the t ending is feminine. Likewise qbHw means coolness, wt hints at the word bandage, to bind or wrappings suggesting her job helping her father with embalming.
Home: Duat
Temple:
Nome:
Consort
Children
Parents
Anpu/Anubis and Anput
Siblings
Wapwawet (sometimes)
Āmmut (sometimes)
Priest names
Features
She is depicted as a snake, sometimes with a body of stars. She was also depicted as a woman with the head of a snake. Sometimes she takes the form of an ostrich, linking her to the goddess of Ma´at.
Symbols
Ostrich
Snake
libation vessel
Roles
Goddess of embalming liquid and helps her father in the embalming process, refreshes and purifies the pharaoh, gives water to the newly dead spirits awaiting mummification.
Hybrid gods
Connection to other gods
Wadjet
Abet (Cleanser of Ra, Personification of the East)
Celebrations
Offering items
Cool water
Oils
Incense
Protects
Pharaoh
Sprits of the dead
Other names
Epitaphs
wandering goddess
lost child
