Imenet
/ɪˈmɛn.ət/noun
Imenet is an ancient Egyptian goddess personifying the western horizon and the realm of the dead.
Did you know?In ancient Egyptian belief, the sun’s daily disappearance in the west symbolized death, while its return each morning represented renewal and rebirth.
Etymological Timeline
Old Kingdom, c. 2686–2181 BCE
Egyptian
imnt
“The west; the western region where the sun sets”
Middle Kingdom, c. 2055–1650 BCE
Egyptian
Imenet
“Female personification of the west and its funerary realm”
New Kingdom, c. 1550–1070 BCE
Egyptian
Imentet
“A goddess of the western horizon who receives the dead”
Ptolemaic Period, 305–30 BCE
Greek-Egyptian
Amentet
“The western land or goddess associated with the realm of the deceased”
Roman Period, c. 30 BCE–395 CE
Greek and Latin
Amenti
“The western underworld or land of the dead”
Modern Egyptology
English
Imenet
“A scholarly transliteration and spelling variant of the ancient Egyptian goddess-name”