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Selkis |
Selkis
is usually depicted as a woman with a scorpion on her head, and her name
means "the one who causes the throat to breathe". She is a protector of
the hawk-headed canopic jar, and along with three other deities,
Isis,
Nephthys and
Neith, guarded the royal coffins
and
canopic chests.
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