Anubis

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Anibus
Titlegod of Embalming
Cult CenterCynopolis (Upper Egypt)
GenderMale - Jackal
FatherIllegitimate son of Osiris
MotherNephthys
ConsortAnput - the jackal godess
Sons and Daughtersdaughter Kebechet
SiblingsHorus
Patron - DominionEmbalmer - protector of the dead
Dedicated templesAll the Tombs
Appearanceman with the head of a jackal
crouching jackal

  • He leads the souls of the deceased to Judgment hall of Maat .
  • Judge of the Dead - Anubis would take each person's heart and weigh it against the Feather of Truth.
  • Anubis invented embalming and funeral rites.
  • Masks of Anubis were worn by priest officiating at the funeral and the Mummification process
  • in the Ptolemaic Period he was regarded as the Egyptian equivalent of the Greek Hermes

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