Nephthys

Nephthys (Egyptian: Nebet-Het, “Lady of the House/Temple”) is the Egyptian goddess of mourning, death, protection, darkness, and the night. She is the sister and shadow-twin of Isis — where Isis represents the light, visible, actively magical feminine, Nephthys represents the hidden, nocturnal, funerary aspect. Together they form a complete dyad: the Egyptian expression of the light/dark feminine polarity found in Demeter/Persephone, the Mother_Archetype/Maiden_Archetype, and the holy/Qlippothic dual trees of Kabbalah.

See Also

• Isis — Nephthys’s sister and light counterpart
• The_Shadow — the psychological concept Nephthys embodies
• Demeter — the Greek mother-goddess parallel
• Persephone — the Greek maiden who descends to shadow
• Comparative_Religion — the light/dark feminine dyad across traditions