| Title | god of Embalming |
|---|---|---|
| Cult Center | Cynopolis (17th Nome Upper Egypt) | |
| Gender | Male - Jackal | |
| Father | Illegitimate son of Osiris | |
| Mother | Nephthys | |
| Consort | Anput - the jackal goddess | |
| Sons and Daughters | daughter Kebechet | |
| Siblings | Horus | |
| Patron - Dominion | Embalmer - protector of the dead | |
| Dedicated Shrines | All the Tombs | |
| Appearance | man with the head of a jackal crouching jackal | |
| Cult | - 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 |
