Who are the gods on the canopic jars?

Canopic jars were four decorated clay pots, each with a different head of the sons of the god Horus on top. These gods were Hapi the baboon who protected the lungs, Qebehnsenuf the falcon who guarded the intestines, Duamatef the jackal who guarded the stomach and Imsety the human guarded the liver.

What god guarded the livers canopic jar?

Imsety
Imsety, the human-headed god representing the South, whose jar contained the liver and was protected by the goddess Isis. Qebehsenuef, the falcon-headed god representing the West, whose jar contained the intestines and was protected by the goddess Serqet.

What is the name of this jar god and what specifically does it protect?

Horus was the Egyptian god of the sky and the contents of the Canopic jars would go along with the person as they passed through and entered the afterlife and protect the remains. Canopic jars were highly decorated and the top of each jar was a kind of lid or ‘stopper’.

What god is Duamutef?

Duamutef was, in ancient Egyptian religion, one of the four sons of Horus and a protection god of the canopic jars. Commonly he is said to be the son of the god Horus the Elder.

Why are they called canopic jars?

What does canopic mean? Canopic is a wrongly given name, canopic jars, but the correct name is viscera jars because the ancient Egyptians used to mummify the deceased and take out the organs during this process so they would mummify these organs and put them in jars that were called viscera or canopic jars.

What organs were in canopic jars?

Canopic jars were made to contain the organs that were removed from the body in the process of mummification: the lungs, liver, intestines, and stomach. Each organ was protected by one of the Four Sons of Horus: Hapy (lungs), Imsety (liver), Duamutef (stomach), and Qebehsenuef (intestines).

Which organ is not removed during mummification?

The embalmers used a long hook to smash the brain and pull it out through the nose! Then they cut open the left side of the body and removed the liver, lungs, stomach and intestines. The heart is not removed because it was believed to be the centre of intelligence and feeling: the dead will need this in the afterlife!

What 4 organs were put in canopic jars?

Is HAPI a boy or girl?

Hapi was the Egyptian god of fertility bringing the silt to the banks of the Nile. Hapi was a human-headed god often depicted as androgynous, as partly male and partly female in appearance. Identified with blue skin with a crown of papyrus and/or lotus plants.

What does Hapi mean?

Hapi, in ancient Egyptian religion, personification of the annual inundation of the Nile River. Hapi was the most important among numerous personifications of aspects of natural fertility, and his dominance increased during Egyptian history.

What organ did Hapi protect?

lungs
Hapi placed his protection over the lungs, while the other three sons protected different internal organs.

Is Duamutef the same as Anubis?

Although Anubis is the best known of the jackal gods, Duamutef may be the one that we most often see.

What organ was not removed during mummification?

The heart is not taken out of the body because it is the centre of intelligence and feeling and the man will need it in the afterlife. A long hook is used to smash the brain and pull it out through the nose.

Did Horus have a head of a jackal?

These organs were held in canopic jars which sometimes had the head of the protector-god as the lid handle. All four of the protector-gods were depicted as mummified men with their respective different heads of jackal, baboon, human, and hawk. These were all seen as manifestations of Horus who was a friend to the dead.

Can you be mummified when you die?

Once you have passed away, your body is transported to the funeral home that was designated by you or your family. Following the funeral services, the funeral home transports your body to our sanctuary where we conduct your Mummification and Transference.

Which organs were removed during the mummification process?

The brain, lungs, liver, stomach and intestines were removed during the embalming process. The embalmers left the heart in the body because they believed the person’s intellect and knowledge resided in the heart so it needed to remain with the body.

What was in canopic jars?

Who was Hapi married to?

When he took on the attributes of Nun (Nu), Hapi became husband to Nun’s wife, the primeval goddess Naunet of the Ogdoad. He was also linked with Osiris – another water-related fertility god – and thus Nekhebet and Uatchet were also seen as a form of Isis, Osiris’ wife.

Is Duamutef the god?

Duamutef was a god of Egyptian mythology. He was the guardian of the East and one of the four Sons of Horus. Duamutef was represented as a mummified man with the head of a jackal.

Which god protected the liver?

of Horus
Isis was often seen as the mother of the four sons of Horus though in the details of the funerary ritual each son, and therefore each canopic jar, was protected by a particular goddess….Four sons of Horus.