In the process of mummification certain organs-the liver, the lungs, the stomach, and the intestines-were removed, embalmed separately, and stored in jars. Each of the organs was identified with one of the Four Sons of Horus: the liver with Imsety (man's head), the lungs with Hapy (baboon's head), the stomach with Duamutef (jackal's head), and the intestines with Qebehsenuef (falcon's head).
The falcon's head represents Qebehsenuet, one of the four sons of Horus. It holds the intestines
they hold the stomach, liver, lungs, and intestines. Each jars has a head on it. These head are depicted as the four sons of horus.
The jars had lids that were shaped as the head of one of the minor funerary deities known as the Four Sons of Horus: Imsety, the human-headed god, looks after the liver; Happy, the babboon-headed god, looks after the lungs; Duamutef, the jackal-headed god, looks after the stomach; Qebehsenuef, the falcon-headed god, looks after the intestines. There was no canopic jar that held the head.
To hold their intestines
He has the head of a falcon.
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He had the head of a falcon.
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Each canopic jar guarded a different organ.1. Imsety had a human head, protected the liver.2. Qebehsenuf had the head of a falcon and guarded the intestines.3. Hapy had a baboon head protected the lungs.4. Duamatef had the head of a jackal, and guarded the stomach.The four canopic jars were put into a special chest which went into the tomb with the mummy.
He had the head of a falcon.
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A falcon-headed god typically refers to the ancient Egyptian god Horus, who is portrayed with the head of a falcon. Horus was a sky god associated with kingship, protection, and the sun. He was one of the most important deities in Egyptian mythology.