Nephthys
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νέφθυς (Néphthus), from Egyptian nbt-ḥwt,
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nephthys
- (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.