Egyptian Mythology
Nephthys
Lady of the House — Mourner of Osiris
Nephthys is an Egyptian goddess of death, associated with the realm of underworld. Nephthys belongs to the first generation of the pantheon. Symbolised by the basin.
Historical Note
Set's wife and Isis's sister. Loved Osiris, bore him Anubis, then turned against Set and helped Isis recover his body. The mourner at every funeral; her cry — and Isis's beside her — is the oldest known sound of grief in literature.