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[[File:Imsety Jar.jpg|400px|thumb|Canopic Jar of Imsety from the Late Period]]
[[File:Imsety Jar.jpg|400px|thumb|Canopic Jar of Imsety from the Late Period]]
'''Imsety''' (in ancient Egyptian: ''jmstj''; also spelled '''Imseti''' or '''Amset''') is one of the four sons of [[Horus]], along with [[Hapi]], [[Duamutef]], and [[Qebehsenuef]].
'''Imsety''' (in ancient Egyptian: ''imsti''; also spelled '''Imseti''' or '''Amset''') is one of the four sons of [[Horus]], along with [[Hapi]], [[Duamutef]], and [[Qebehsenuef]].


Although the other sons of Horus have animal heads, he has the head of a human. In a funerary context, he was responsible for protecting the liver of mummified people. As ruler of one of the four cardinal directions, Imsety was associated with the south.
Although the other sons of Horus have animal heads, he has the head of a human. In a funerary context, he was responsible for protecting the liver of mummified people. As ruler of one of the four cardinal directions, Imsety was associated with the south.