#kebechet

• Tawaret and Thoth love to bet on the gender of the pharaohs' babies, the two have been tied for centuries

• Shu loves crafts and sometimes makes small souvenirs by hand for others. He says they are from Tefnut.

• Ra has a perfect memory and yet he still gets his children's names wrong

• Anubis is the kind of guy who just gets tired and leaves a place. Sometimes he does this during conversations and never brings up that again.

• Tawaret and Bes are very close and they often help travelers with small children together, especially if a woman in the group is pregnant. This brought them very close and he always makes her laugh a lot with his jokes.

• Hathor cries at romance movies and likes to randomly quote her favorite scenes. But she is really into mystery series and will give huge speeches about them.

• Heka never ceases to be amazed by humanity's medical advances. Yes, he already knew the cure for this disease, but isn't it amazing that they discovered it too?!

• Thoth loves the color purple and light blue, his outfits are always in this palette.

• Anput started wearing her hair in braids after seeing some foreign women wearing them. She looks stunning

• Osíris is the kind of father who would send a good morning message with flowers and a loud audio in the family group

• Isis and Tawaret are good friends. Tawaret helped her during her pregnancy with Horus, and Isis is extremely grateful for everything. They go out for tea and gossip about the pantheon.

• Hapi and Imseti are very close and are partners in crime. If you see them both running in any direction, go the other way.

• On the other hand, Ihy and Kebechet are a very well-behaved and calm duo. Despite being two children, literally, they are both very easy-going and spend much more time talking than being chaotic

• Horus and Anubis get along very well and see each other as brothers, but neither of them will admit it. Anubis is Horus' right-hand man and always helps him make decisions for the pantheon.

• Khnum sometimes makes personalized statues of the gods he doesn't like and then crushes them. It's therapeutic.

• Tefnut and Nephthys are very sensitive, sometimes they meet and talk about their feelings to make it easier to deal with them.

• Seth and Isis are a great duo, but they can't stand being around each other for too long.

• Nefertem, Sekhmet, and Ptah are a good family and are very close. Even when Ptah and Sekhmet are having a hard time due to their different personalities, they still put Nefertem first and appear at social events together. It's a little chaotic at times, but he makes her smile in a way no one else can.

• Duamutef has an appreciation for music and has learned to play all different types of instruments.

• Ma'at rarely appears to the pantheon, too focused on her work in the Duat to maintain order and peace. She appears once every few millennia, so she and Thoth always go on cute dates and enjoy the few hours they have together. This time apart has never affected either of them, as Thoth is also very busy, and they are a very much in love couple.

• Bastet is definitely a daddy's girl and loves to rub it in her siblings' faces.

• Khonshu has a collection of pictures of the gods falling/making weird faces for fun

• Anubis and Anput are very affectionate and they will stop appearing at some pantheon event to simply be together.

• Qebui likes to race with gods from another pantheon, like Hermes, and the results are between acceptable and chaotic.

• Heka and Apollo are friends and sometimes hang out together.

• Wadjet has caused at least three fights among the pantheon by accidentally saying something too loud.

• Nekhbet is the type of person who doesn't like you and say it on your face

• Heqet is a very sweet and kind goddess, but she is also very gossipy and loves to know all the news of the pantheon.

• Seth, Sekhmet and Sobek are a chaotic and rude trio, but they trust each other a lot. Trust me, you wouldn't want to be against their team

• Nefertem and Seshat are very intelligent and calm gods, but they have -1 IQ when they are together and even laugh in the wind. Osiris don't let them sit together during meetings because they kept disturbing Horus with their laughter.

• Nut is a complicated goddess at times. She is a good mother and grandmother but loves a bit of chaos so her reaction is unpredictable sometimes

• Gebe, on the other hand, is really firmer in his principles. It's easy to know how he will react to certain things and generally the gods feel comfortable talking to him. When Gebe gets angry, which is very rare, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions happen

• Kebechet is attached to Anubis and learned everything from him, which she is very proud of. Physically, she looks a lot like Anput.

• Khonshu and Ihy really like each other. Sometimes Ihy sneaks out of his parents' house to show Khonshu her new songs. Khonshu travels a lot, but he always brings back a souvenir for Ihy.

• Bes is a great cook and listener. Unintentionally, he became a therapist to several gods because of this.

• Ptah and Khnum sometimes get together to create their sculptures together, but they don't talk much. It's a nice, peaceful silence

• Naunet has a terrible fashion sense and no one has the courage to tell her that

• Bastet is great at gymnastics and likes to use artistic moves during combat. She confuses Seth with this, especially when they are in the middle of a battle.

Depictions

Often depicted as a snake or an ostrich carrying water, or a starry snake; later her depiction became more humanized as a woman with the head of a snake. She is associated with goddesses Ma'at and Nepthys, and as the daughter of Anpu and Anput.

Epithets

Lost Child

Wandering Goddess

Celestial Serpent

Lady of the cooling water

She of the purification by water

Associations

snakes

the color white

space/stars

day/night

cool water

the Nile River

embalming fluid

libation vessels

Areas of Influence/Invoking

compassion

kindness

cleansing/purification

embalming

reincarnation

spirits of the dead

libations

Overview - History and Mythos

Kebechet is the deification of embalming liquid and has her origins in the Pyramid Texts as the serpent who "refreshes and purifies the pharaoh." Her main role was to provide water and care to the spirits waiting for their mummification to be complete. It is also thought that she played a vital role in the reviving of the soul. A passage written by Richard W. Wilkinson, cited by Joshua J. Mark in his article "Qebhet" on the World History Encyclopedia website, reads that she "refreshes and purifies the heart of the deceased monarch with pure water from four nemset jars and that the goddess helped open the 'windows of the sky' to assist the king's resurrection." She is mentioned frequently in the Book of the Dead.

She was originally a serpent deity worshiped along Nile cities, often recognized as the "celestial serpent" that ruled over both day and night, and the Nile. She never had a very large cult following, but her role has been observed in religious holidays that celebrate the living and the dead such as in the Festival of Wadi which took place between harvest time and the Nile flood. It encouraged the living and the dead to commune.

Kebechet is most known to be the daughter of Anpu (Anubis) and his wife Anput, and helps Anpu in his role as the god of embalming by caring for the dead, purifying them, and fortifying the body against corruption. Her symbolic role may have been to comfort the living that their loved ones are cared for even in death, as well as to encourage care and compassion between the living as they would the dead.

She can be called upon for practices of purification of the body and mind, as well as provide gentle care and company for those dearly departed.

Resources

Hart, George (1986), A Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

Qebhet - World History Ecyclopedia