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	Although there is little consensus among Egyptologists concerning [[Egyptian astrology]], it is likely that ancient Egyptian star priests identified Duamutef the star ~~Merak~~ (~~Beta~~ Ursae Majoris) in the northern constellation of Ursa Major.		Although there is little consensus among Egyptologists concerning [[Egyptian astrology]], it is likely that ancient Egyptian star priests identified Duamutef the star Phedca (Gamma Ursae Majoris) in the northern constellation of Ursa Major.

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[[File:Duamutef Figure.jpg|400px|thumb|Funerary figure of Duamutef from the Third Intermediate Period–Late Period]]
'''Duamutef''' is an [[Egyptian religion|ancient Egyptian]] god, one of the four sons of [[Horus]] along with along with [[Hapy]], [[Imsety]], and [[Qebehsenuef]].

Duamutef was associated with the protection of the stomach in mummification rituals. He is typically depicted with a jackal's head and is often represented on canopic jars, which held the embalmed organs of the deceased. He is associated with the east.

==Name==
The name Duamutef (''dwꜣ-mwt.f'') means "He who praises his mother."

==Origin==
Duamutef and the other sons of Horus appear in the earliest known writings concerning the ancient [[Egyptian religion]], the [[Pyramid Texts]]. A passage in the later Coffin Texts from the Middle Kingdom (2055–1650 BC) says they are the offspring of the goddess [[Isis]] and a form of Horus known as Horus the Elder.

He, himself, was protected by the goddess Neith.

==Canopic jar==
Canopic jars were containers used by the ancient Egyptians during the mummification process, to store and preserve the viscera of their soul for the afterlife. Each of [[Horus]]'s sons were responsible for protecting a particular organ, was himself protected by a companion goddess, and represented a cardinal direction.

Duamutef protected the stomach, which was extracted from the body, mummified separately, and placed inside his jar. In some later tombs, these jars were merely symbolic and did not contain the actual organs.

==Role==
Although Duamutef is most prominently found in funerary context as a canopic jar, he is possibly more closely associated with the [[Egyptian decans]]. Dutch Egyptologist Maarten Raven argues that the four sons originated as celestial deities, given that the Pyramid Texts frequently connect them with the sky and that [[Horus]] himself was a sky deity.

Geographically, both [[Hapy]] and Duamutef were linked with the Lower Egyptian city of Buto.

All four sons of Horus are connected with specific decans, ruling over them in some capacity, although the precise nature of their connection is not presently understood by scholars.

According to ''[[Cult of the Stars]]'' by [[occultist]] [[Travis McHenry]], Duamutef rules over the following decans:
* [[Shetwy]]
* [[Akhuy]]
* [[Sawy Seret]]
* [[Tepy-a Akhuy]]
* [[Tepy-a Khentet]]
* [[Weshati Bekati]]
* [[Hat Djat]]
* [[Pehuy Djat]]
* [[Temat Heret]]

===Protector of Sah===
Some funerary texts state that the four sons of Horus were responsible for preventing [[Set]], in his form as the foreleg of an ox, from reaching the decanal star [[Sah]]. Sah was often equated to [[Osiris]], who Set was responsible for murdering.

One theory suggests the four sons of Horus are actually four stars in the constellation Ursa Major, which was known to the ancient Egyptians as ''msxtyw'', the Foreleg of Set. This asterism contained a total of seven stars, and these four would have been located in the "meaty" part of the thigh. In an astronomical context, these four stars formed a border between the southern sky and the northern sky, thereby drawing a barrier between Set and Sah (the constellation Orion).

==Astronomical identity==
Although there is little consensus among Egyptologists concerning [[Egyptian astrology]], it is likely that ancient Egyptian star priests identified Duamutef the star Merak (Beta Ursae Majoris) in the northern constellation of Ursa Major.

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