Mythology Egypt
1. ANUBIS (Yinepu, Anpu)
Symbols: jackal, ox-hide hanging from a pole, embalming equipment, beating, flag
Cult Center: Heliopolis, Cynopolis
Wolf-god of mummification, he assisted in the rites of a dead man to be accepted in hell. Anubis was revered as the inventor of embalming and the embalming of Osiris at death and thus helping to preserve him that he might live again.
Anubis is portrayed as a man holding a cane with a wolf's head brought by divine kings and gods; only as a black jackal or a dog accompanying Isis.
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