Egyptian mythology
Anubis
Jackal God of Embalming and the Necropolis
- Mythology
- Egyptian mythology
- Group
- Craft · Protection · Duat · Truth · Divine · Death · Underworld · Aaru · Liminal · Funerary · Judgment
- Appears in
- The Story of Two Brothers · The Weighing of the Heart · Osiris: King of the Dead · Isis Resurrects Osiris · The Journey Through the Duat · The Amduat: Ra and Osiris United
- Places
- Abydos · Valley of the Kings · Duat · Aaru
- Objects
- Was Scepter · Ankh · Book of the Dead · Feather of Maat · Canopic Jars · Heart Scarab
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Anubis is the jackal god of embalming and the dead, his black-headed form drawn from the wild dogs that prowled the desert cemeteries. He invented mummification, perfecting it on the murdered body of Osiris and so becoming the first to wrap a corpse for eternity. Priests wore his jackal mask as they prepared the dead. In the Hall of Judgment he tends the great scales, weighing each heart against the feather of truth and leading the worthy onward. As Lord of the Sacred Land and Guardian of the Necropolis, he watches over tombs and guides souls safely through the perils of the underworld.
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- Who is Anubis?
- Anubis is the jackal god of embalming and the dead, his black-headed form drawn from the wild dogs that prowled the desert cemeteries. He invented mummification, perfecting it on the murdered body of Osiris and so becoming the first to wrap a corpse for eternity.
- Which mythology does Anubis belong to?
- Anubis belongs to Egyptian mythology.
- Which stories does Anubis appear in?
- Anubis appears in The Story of Two Brothers, The Weighing of the Heart, Osiris: King of the Dead, Isis Resurrects Osiris, The Journey Through the Duat, The Amduat: Ra and Osiris United, told as chaptered audio dramas in MythologyNow.
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