Associations to the word «Nephthys»

Wiktionary

NEPHTHYS, proper noun. (Egyptian mythology) An ancient Egyptian goddess, the wife of Set and sister of Isis, Osiris, and Set, worshiped as a protective goddess and nurse of the pharaoh and associated with funerary rites and the transition from life to death.

Dictionary definition

NEPHTHYS, noun. Egyptian goddess associated with ritual of the dead; sister of Geb and Nut; wife of Set.

Wise words

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