Introduction
Qebehsenuef, one of the Four Sons of Horus, is depicted with a falcon's head and specifically protects the intestines among the organs preserved during mummification.
Family
Guardian of the Intestines
Qebehsenuef is protected in turn by the goddess Serqet, completing the set of four protective goddess-guardian pairings (Isis-Imsety, Nephthys-Hapy, Neith-Duamutef, Serqet-Qebehsenuef) that structured Egyptian canopic ritual for most of pharaonic history.
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.