Empat putra Horus

Empat putra Horus adalah sekelompok empat dewa dalam agama Mesir, yang secara khusus menjadi personifikasi dari empat guci kanopik, yang menyertai jasad-jasad yang dimumifikasi.^[1] Karena jantung dianggap meragakan jiwa, organ tersebut ditinggalkan di dalam jasad.^[2]

Empat putra Horus (dari kiri): Imsety, Duamutef, Hapi, Qebehsenuef.

Catatan

1. Aufderheide, p. 258
2. Germer, p. 462

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