NEPHTHYS BY HRANA JANTO NEPHTHYS - NEBET-HET Egyptian goddess of mourning and funerary rites, of death and protection and rebirth. She is often depicted with her sister Aset (goddess Isis) standing at the head and foot of the sarcophagi. Together they are often seen as darkness and light: "Ascend and descend, descend with Nephthys, sink into the darkness with the Night-Bark. Ascend and descend. Ascendant with Isis, rise with the Day-Bark." Pyramid Text Utterance 222 line 210.