Ancient Egypt

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Anubis


Anibus
Titlegod of Embalming
Cult CenterCynopolis (17th Nome Upper Egypt)
GenderMale - Jackal
FatherIllegitimate son of Osiris
Mother Nephthys
ConsortAnput - the jackal goddess
Sons and Daughtersdaughter Kebechet
Siblings Horus
Patron - DominionEmbalmer - protector of the dead
Dedicated ShrinesAll the Tombs
Appearanceman with the head of a jackal
crouching jackal

  • A jackal headed god associated with mummification and the afterlife
  • 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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