Duamutef (Tuamutef)

by Paul Zimmerman, Clarksville Middle School

Duamutef was a god of Egyptian mythology.
He was the guardian of the East and one of the four Sons of Horus.
Duamutef was represented as a mummified man with the head of a jackal.

He was a funerary god. Duamutef protected the stomach of the deceased. The stomach was kept in a canopic jar after mummification. On the lids of these jars was a picture of the head of Duamutef.

The goddess Neith protected him.

The name of Tuamutef in hieroglyphs:

The Encyclopedia Mythica