Legend and Lore of Everything

Nephthys

She is the Egyptian goddess of death, and is considered a frightening but necessary person needed to help transcend the levels of death. She is the sister to Isis and Osiris. She was married to Set, "god of the desert, storms, disorder, violence and foreigners " but did not have any children with him. Her son, Anubis, supposedly came from a previous affair with Osiris. "She is a protective goddess who symbolizes death. As the primary "nursing mother" of the incarnate Pharaonic-god, Horus, Nephthys also was considered to be the nurse of the reigning Pharaoh himself. Though other goddesses could assume this role, Nephthys was most usually portrayed in this function. In contrast Nephthys is sometimes featured as a rather ferocious and dangerous divinity, capable of incinerating the enemies of the Pharaoh with her fiery breath