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Qebehsenuef is one of the four sons of Horus, along with Hapy, Duamutef, and Imsety. Qebehsenuef is usually portrayed with the head of a falcon. In a funerary context, he was responsible for protecting the intestines of mummified people. As ruler of one of the four cardinal directions, Qebehsenuef was associated with the west. Although Qebehsenuef 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.

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-A '''[[warlock]]''' is a male practitioner of [[witchcraft]]. In early modern Scots, the word came to be used as the male equivalent of [[witch]] (which can be male or female, but has historically been used predominantly for females). The term may have become associated in Scotland with male witches due to the idea that they had made pacts with ''Auld Hornie'' (the devil) and thus had betrayed the [[Christianity|Christian]] faith and broke their baptismal vows or oaths. From this use, the word passed into Romantic literature and ultimately 20th-century popular culture.
+'''[[Qebehsenuef]]''' is one of the four sons of [[Horus]], along with [[Hapy]], [[Duamutef]], and [[Imsety]]. Qebehsenuef is usually portrayed with the head of a falcon. In a funerary context, he was responsible for protecting the intestines of mummified people. As ruler of one of the four cardinal directions, Qebehsenuef was associated with the west. Although Qebehsenuef 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.
-Although most victims of the [[witch-hunt|witch trials]] in early modern Scotland were women, some men were executed as warlocks. In his day, John Napier was often perceived as a warlock or [[magician]] for his interest in divination and the [[occult]], though his established position likely kept him from being prosecuted.
-<p><small>Photo Credit: Private Collection of G. Hoke</small></p>
+<p><small>Photo credit: The Metropolitan Museum</small></p>
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