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Anubis (/ ə ˈ nj uː b ɪ s /; [3] Ancient Greek: Ἄνουβις), also known as Inpu, Inpw, Jnpw, or Anpu in Ancient Egyptian (Coptic: ⲁⲛⲟⲩⲡ, romanized: Anoup), is the god of funerary rites, protector of graves, and guide to the underworld, in ancient Egyptian religion, usually depicted as a canine or a man with a canine head.
Anubis – The god of funerals, embalming and protector of the dead [8] Apis – A live Bull worshiped as a god at Memphis and seen as a manifestation of Ptah [ 9 ] Aten – Sun disk deity who became the focus of the monolatrous or monotheistic Atenist belief system in the reign of Akhenaten , was also the literal Sun disk [ 10 ]
Articles relating to the god Anubis, his cult, and his depictions. He is the god of funerary rites, protector of graves, and guide to the underworld, in ancient Egyptian religion, usually depicted as a canine or a man with a canine head. Like many ancient Egyptian deities, Anubis assumed different
This detail scene from the Papyrus of Hunefer (c. 1375 BC) shows Hunefer's heart being weighed on the scale of Maat against the feather of truth, by the jackal-headed Anubis. The ibis-headed Thoth, scribe of the gods, records the result. If his heart is lighter than the feather, Hunefer is allowed to pass into the afterlife. If not, he is eaten ...
In later Akkadian mythology, Ninshubur was syncretized with the male messenger deities Ilabrat and Papsukkal, [208] though this process wasn't complete until Seleucid times. [219] Ninshubur was popular [ 209 ] in the sphere of personal religion, for example as tutelary deity of a specific family, due to the belief she could mediate between ...
The gods in general were said to dwell in the sky, although gods whose roles were linked with other parts of the universe were said to live in those places instead. Most events of mythology, set in a time before the gods' withdrawal from the human realm, take place in an earthly setting. The deities there sometimes interact with those in the sky.
This detail scene based from the Papyrus of Ani (ca. 1375 B.C.) shows a heart being weighed on the scale of Maat against the feather of truth, by the jackal-headed Anubis. [19] They drag Osiris into the Pool of Khonsu, ... and likewise [the Osirism Hor, justified] born of Taikhebyt, justified ... after he has grasped his heart.
He is a syncretism of Hermes from Greek mythology and Anubis from Egyptian mythology. Hermanubis was one of the ancestors of the dog-headed Saint Christopher – a cynocephalus saint, who was, similarly to Anubis / Hermanubis, a powerful ferryman for travelers. [2]