Before the Greeks arrived in Egypt, around the 7th century BC, the god was known as Anpu or Inpu. "Anubis" is a Greek rendering of this god's Egyptian name. His daughter is the serpent goddess Kebechet. Historians assume that the two figures were eventually combined. Anubis is associated with his brother Wepwawet, another Egyptian god portrayed with a dog's head or in canine form, but with grey or white fur. Īnubis was depicted in black, a color that symbolized regeneration, life, the soil of the Nile River, and the discoloration of the corpse after embalming. Anubis is one of the most frequently depicted and mentioned gods in the Egyptian pantheon, however, no relevant myth involved him. He attended the weighing scale during the "Weighing of the Heart", in which it was determined whether a soul would be allowed to enter the realm of the dead.
One of his prominent roles was as a god who ushered souls into the afterlife. 2055–1650 BC) he was replaced by Osiris in his role as lord of the underworld. Depicted as a protector of graves as early as the First Dynasty (c. Like many ancient Egyptian deities, Anubis assumed different roles in various contexts. Anubis as a jackal perched atop a tomb, symbolizing his protection of the necropolisĪnubis ( / ə ˈ nj uː b ɪ s/ 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.
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