In the Westcar Papyrus, Ra sends Isis, Nephthys, Meskhenet, and Heket to attend the birth of the future Fifth Dynasty kings, with Heket hastening each delivery while Isis receives the child.
Meskhenet, Shai, and Renenutet appear together at the moment of birth and again at the weighing of the heart, the three fate deities testifying before Osiris about the life the deceased was given and how it was lived.
Meskhenet appears in the Hall of Two Truths to testify at the judgment of the dead, her presence in the tribunal linking the place of final reckoning to the destiny she decreed at birth.
Khnum shaped the body on his potter's wheel while Meskhenet pronounced its destiny at birth, the ram-headed creator determining physical form and the birth goddess decreeing what that life would contain.
Meskhenet's testimony in the judgment contributes to the weighing of the heart against Ma'at's feather, the birth goddess's account of the deceased's fate measured against the standard of cosmic truth.
Meskhenet testifies before Osiris in the Hall of Two Truths, the birth goddess declaring whether the deceased fulfilled the destiny she pronounced at their birth.
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