Khentiamentiu

The hieroglyphic
name of Khentiamentiu

Khentiamentiu was a inspired being of Egypt, the forerunner of the god Osiris, dating to Predynastic Periods (before 3,000 B.C.E.). called  the champion of the Westerners, he was shown as a Jackal. The title shows that Khentiamentiu was connected with the mortuary rituals as a  guardian of the dead, who went to the West. Ordinarily the necropolis areas were located on the western shore  of the Nile. Sometimes covered as Ophis, Khentiamentiu was a warrior deity and the sailing master for the suns daily voyage in the Tuat, or Underworld. His cultic enshrines were in Abydos and Assiut, and he was sometimes  related  with Wepwawet, the wolf deity. His fad was popular in the First Dynasty (2920-2770  B.C.E.). The pyramid texts of the Fourth Dynasty (2575-2465  B.C.E.) associated Khentiamentiu with Osiris. presently after, Osiris got the foremost  of  the  Westerners, and the Khentiamentiu fad disappeared.

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