Detail. Nebet Hewt "Lady of the building," as defined hieroglyphics placed on his head, Nephthys is eminently a funerary goddess. Sister of Isis and Osiris, sister and wife of Seth and mother of Anubis, it seems that originally didn't cover a preeminent role in the Egyptian pantheon. In the Osiris's myth she helps Isis in the search and reconstruction of the body of Osiris.