The Four Sons of Horus

Title	The Four Mummiform gods
Cult Center
Gender	Male
Patron - Dominion	Protectors of the four Cardinal Points
Dedicated temples
Appearance	human figures with different heads depicted in canopic jars

These four Mummiform gods main task was to protect the canopic jars that held internal organs of the deceased after the mummification of the body

In the Osiris Myth, the four gods were rescued by the crocodile god Sobek , by the orders of Ra

These jars were originally were made of baked clay with simple stoppers of mud, but developed with time into stone sculptures showing the protectors at the jar top.

Anubis gave them funerary duties of mummification, the Opening of the Mouth, the burial of Osiris and all men.

Horus made them protectors of the four cardinal points (north, south, east and west)

They attend the judgment of the deceased in the Hall of Maat where they stand before Osiris on a half opened blue water lily.

Each son was protected by a goddess.

	Imsety Imsety's jar held the liver Guardian of the South Protected by the goddess Isis Appearance - human headed
	Hapy Hapy's jar held the lungs Guardian of the North Protected by the goddess Nephthys Appearance - baboon-headed mummified human
	Duamutef Duamutef's jar held the stomach Guardian of the East Protected by the goddess Neith. Appearance - jackal headed
	Qebehsenuef Qebehsenuef's jar held the intestines Guardian of the West Protected by the goddess Selket Appearance - falcon headed

The Four Sons of Horus

Imsety

Hapy

Duamutef

Qebehsenuef