Iabet (Iabtet, Iab, Abet, Abtet, Ab) is a

goddess A goddess is a female deity. In many known cultures, goddesses are often linked with literal or metaphorical pregnancy or imagined feminine roles associated with how women and girls are perceived or expected to behave. This includes themes ...

Egyptian mythology Egyptian mythology is the collection of myths from ancient Egypt, which describe the actions of the Egyptian gods as a means of understanding the world around them. The beliefs that these myths express are an important part of ancient Egyp ...

, counterpart of Imentet.

Mythology

She is a cleanser of the Sun god Ra, and goddess of the east. Her main husband is the fertility god

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. She was worshiped in Panopolis, with her husband.Caroline Seawright. ''Iabet, Cleanser of Ra, Personification of East''. In the ''

Amduat The Amduat ( egy, jmj dwꜣt, literally "That Which Is In the Afterworld", also translated as "Text of the Hidden Chamber Which is in the Underworld" and "Book of What is in the Underworld"; ar, كتاب الآخرة, Kitab al-Akhira) is an imp ...

'', Iabet is depicted as a woman with her arms by her sides, under the name of Iab. Along with eleven other goddesses, including

Isis Isis (; ''Ēse''; ; Meroitic: ''Wos'' 'a''or ''Wusa''; Phoenician: 𐤀𐤎, romanized: ʾs) was a major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. Isis was first mentioned in the Old Kin ...

and her grandmother Tefnut, the group was known as "''Those who give praises to Ra as he passes over Wernes''".

Literature

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