The four sons of Horus … and the Canopic vessels.

The rites of the king’s coronation in ancient Egypt included the release of four birds in the four original directions (north, south, east and west) to transmit the great news to all parts of the universe.

These four birds carried the names of the four sons of Horus, who were to play an important role after that in the funeral rites. Their role was to protect the canopic jars that contained the king’s entrails, and upon the coronation of the king of Egypt, each of the four birds bearing the names of the four sons of Horus was set off. Towards one of the original destinations.

* “Amsity” (the guardian of the liver): He heads towards the south to announce to the divine entities in the south that King Horus, son of Ozir, has been crowned with the white crown and is alone with the red crown.

* “Habi” (guardian of the lungs): heads towards the north to convey the news to the divine entities in the north.

* “Dumotiv” (the guardian of the stomach): heads toward the West to convey the news to the divine entities in the West

* “Kabhasanov” (guardian of the intestines): heads towards the east to convey the news to the divine entities in the east.

And each of the four sons of Horus was the same in the protection of one of the goddesses of the garrison.

They are (Isis, Nephthys, Nate, and Selt).

* My evening (guardian of the liver), with a human head, in the protection of Isis, who was described in ancient Egyptian texts as the goddess of the West,

It says in the body of the pyramids that “Isis comes from the West.”

* Habi (the guardian of the lungs) with the head of Baboon, in the protection of “Nephthys, ” the East’s goddess.

* Duamotif (the guard of the stomach), who is the head of a jackal, protects “Nate”, the goddess of the north, who is also the goddess of weaving and the goddess of the red crown, the crown of the north.

* Kibhasanuf (keeper of the intestines), who is with a falcon’s head, in the protection of the goddess Scorpion, “Sikt”, the goddess of the south, who was described in Egyptian religious texts as “who makes the throats breathe”, and “Selat” is the goddess of the white crown, the crown of the south.