Imsety

Imsety is one of the Four Sons of Horus, a group of deities in ancient Egyptian religion charged with protecting the internal organs of the dead and, more broadly, the deceased in the afterlife. He was most commonly associated with the liver, one of the organs removed during mummification and preserved in a canopic jar, though the exact organ assigned to each brother varied across burials. In later periods Imsety was given the most human appearance of the four, shown as a man, while his brothers took the forms of a baboon, a jackal and a falcon. His protective goddess was usually Isis, though this pairing could also vary over time. His name is possibly related to the Egyptian word for liver, and some scholars have suggested it originally meant something like He of the Dill, with an ending in his name that hints he may once have represented a male and female pair of deities. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/