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Neper - Egyptian Mythology - Deification of Grain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) |
 | | In Egyptian mythology, Neper (also spelt Nepra) was an androgenous deification (the feminine form of his name is Nepit) of grain, a valuable commodity in ancient Egypt, which faced starvation without it. |
| | Naturally, as lord of the mouth, Neper's mother was identified as Renenutet, who gave out the Ren, a person's true name, and who was also identified as source of nourishment. |
| | Once the myth of the Legend of Osiris and Isis had begun to be told, since Osiris was now a life-death-rebirth deity, in common with many cultures, his story was associated with the annual harvest, and the annual disappearance of any visible life in the crop. |
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