Introduction
Duamutef, one of the Four Sons of Horus, is depicted with a jackal's head and specifically protects the stomach among the organs preserved during mummification.
Family
- Father: Horus (son of Isis)
- Siblings: Hapy (son of Horus), Imsety, Qebehsenuef
Guardian of the Stomach
Duamutef is protected in turn by the goddess Neith, and, like his brothers, is invoked in funerary spells intended to ensure the deceased's organs remain safe and available for use in the afterlife, where Egyptian belief held the body needed to remain whole and provisioned.
Ancient Egyptian religion spanned three millennia and many regional cult centers, so parentage, roles and even gender pairings for a given deity often differ between the Heliopolitan, Hermopolitan, Memphite and Theban theological systems; the account above follows the most widely attested classical version.