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1 Topic Page: Anubis (Egyptian deity) Definition: Anubis from The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide In Egyptian mythology, the jackal-headed god of the dead, son of Osiris. Anubis presided over the funeral cult, including the weighing of the heart and embalming, and led the dead to judgement. Summary Article: ANUBIS from Gods, Goddesses, and Mythology In ancient Egypt the jackal-headed god Anubis was originally the most important deity linked to f unerals and death. Over time, however, this role was taken over by the god Osiris, and Anubis became associated with preserving dead bodies and guiding the dead in the underworld. In the sacred texts of the ancient Egyptians, both the cow goddess Image from: The Libation of Hesat, who was the deity of childbirth, and the cat goddess Bastet, the Dead, detail from the goddess of music, were named as the mother of Anubis. Later it was said interior of the that Anubis was the son of Nepthys, the wife of Seth, the evil god of sarcophagus of storms and chaos. In this account of the god's origins, Anubis's father Amenemipet, a priest of was either the sun god Re or the vegetation god Osiris, although Seth the cult of Amenophis was also suggested as a possible father. When Anubis was born, (Amenhotep) I, depicting Nepthys hid him in marshes on the banks of the Nile River to save the Anubis and the goddess infant from Seth. Isis, the mother goddess and sister of Nepthys, Maat pouring water over discovered Anubis and, in this version of events, raised him. the head of the pharaoh, Thebes (painted plaster However, records from the first millennium BCE refer to Anubis as the on wood) in The Bridgeman son of Sekhmet and Osiris. Sekhmet was a lion goddess who, according History of Science to one myth, was sent by the supreme god to destroy all life on earth. She was mostly a destructive deity who could bring plague and violence, but she could also be persuaded to cure sickness. Usually Sekhmet was identified as the alter ego of either Hathor, goddess of love, or Bastet. Yet whatever his origins, Anubis belonged to the second generation of gods who came after the creator and the four primeval deities: Tefnut, goddess of moisture; Shu, god of air; and their children Geb, the earth god, and Nut, the sky goddess.

2 A statue of Anubis, created around 1340 BCE. Anubis is one of the most familiar of all ancient Egyptian deities. Anubis's changing role Some scholars believe that Anubis was originally Egypt's most important deity associated with burials, because of prayers addressed to him in the Old Kingdom (c c BCE). The Pyramid Texts, the oldest surviving body of Egyptian religious and funerary writings, which date back to the Old Kingdom, describe Anubis as the judge of the dead. However, by the end of the Middle Kingdom (c c BCE), Osiris had replaced Anubis as chief god of the cult of the dead. From then on, Anubis's main role was to assist in the preservation of the body. According to the myth of the resurrection of Osiris, after the god's death and dismemberment at the hands of Seth, the goddess Isis, who was Osiris's wife and sister, set out to restore his body. Anubis aided Isis in her task, and he embalmed Osiris's body when it was reassembled. By the time of the New Kingdom (c c BCE), Anubis had become a familiar figure in coffin paintings, where he was shown bending over the bodies of the dead. In addition to his role in preserving the dead, Anubis helped judge the dead, and he led honest souls to Osiris's throne. Representations of Anubis

3 Anubis is usually depicted with the body of a man and the head of a jackal. Sometimes he is portrayed entirely as a jackal wearing a band of cloth around his neck and sometimes holding a royal scepter. Although the oldest mentions of Anubis call him a jackal, some scholars think that the original animal might have been a wild dog. Many centuries later the Romans thought he was a dog and referred to "barking Anubis." However, neither jackals nor Egyptian wild dogs are black, which is the color of the jackal parts of Anubis in all representations. During the second and first millennia BCE, jackals and wild dogs would have been a common sight in Egypt, scavenging around the edges of settlements and disturbing burials and even dismembered corpses especially in the days before mummification. Egyptologists are unclear as to exactly why the scavenger animals were used to represent the god of mummification and the guardian of the necropolis (large, sacred burial grounds). Mummification The preservation of the body was extremely important in ancient Egyptian religion. Although it was believed that a human being had more than one soul some of the ancient Egyptian texts list up to five souls their survival in the afterlife was linked to two factors: the continued existence of the body and the remembrance of the name. The body was the primary vessel that contained the soul, although a statue or other image could be used as a substitute. Moreover, Egyptians believed that the body must continue to exist with all its important parts intact or it would not function. Scholars think that this belief led to the development of a process of mummification in which organs that were believed to be vital were removed from the body, dried, and then put back into the corpse. For the ancient Egyptians the most important organs were the heart, which they believed controlled emotion, memory, and thought; and the lungs, liver, intestines, and stomach. Organs that the modern world recognizes as vital, such as the spleen, kidneys, pancreas, and brain, were not recognized by the Egyptian priests as essential to the deceased in the afterlife. Egyptian Coffins The earliest coffins found in ancient Egyptian sites were square, and the unmummified body was placed inside in a curled-up position. Later coffins were rectangular and the body was wrapped in linen. The expensive ones were decorated with texts of magical spells and occasionally with paintings, usually showing the tomb owner receiving offerings. Only a few mummies and coffins from early ancient Egypt have survived. There is, however, a mummy of a woman whose fingers and toes were wrapped individually, and pieces of fabric were sewn to the front of the mummy to make it look as if she were wearing a sleeveless gown. By the 17th century BCE, coffins were shaped roughly like a wrapped body, with a face painted on the head end of the coffin. They were lavishly decorated with scenes of gods as well as magical spells. Anubis appears often in these paintings, either in scenes of the weighing of the heart or in paintings that depict the body being mummified. The only pictures that exist of the mummification process come from coffins. From these, it is known that a priest wearing an Anubis mask performed certain rituals in the mummification process and burial. In one painting, priests in ordinary clothing are guiding another priest who wears an Anubis mask. The jackal-head mask housed today in the Museum of Hildesheim, Germany, suggests why this guidance was necessary. The mask, which is made of wood, goes completely over the wearer's head, and the face of the jackal is above the head of the person wearing it. The eyeholes, instead of being at the eyes, are in the neck of the

4 mask, where they would be hidden by the shadow of the muzzle. Over the centuries refinements improved the mummification process. For example, from about the 18th century BCE onward, special jars, called canopic jars, were made to hold the preserved lungs, liver, intestines, and stomach of the deceased. The lids of the jars were occasionally made to resemble the dead person whose organs were to be put inside, as in the case of canopic jars from the tomb of the Egyptian king Tutankhamen (c BCE). However, it was more common to make the lids in the likenesses of the four sons of Horus, the falcon-headed sky god. They were Hapi, Imsety, Qebehsenef, and Duamutef. Hapi, not to be confused with the Nile god of the same name, is depicted as a baboonheaded deity who was in charge of the lungs. Imsety is represented as having a human face and was protector of the liver. Qebehsenef, shown with the head of a falcon or hawk, guarded the intestines. The fourth son, Duamutef, was god of the stomach and, like Anubis, was jackal-headed. Another Anubis-like deity Anubis was often confused with other canine or jackal-headed gods and divinities. For example, the god Wepwawet, whose name means "Opener of the Ways," is depicted almost identically to the jackalheaded Anubis. The only difference is that Wepwawet is shown with a gray or white head, a feature that led some people to describe Wepwawet, incorrectly, as a wolf. This misidentification began with the Romans, who called the city in which Wepwawet's cult center was based Lycopolis, or "City of the Wolf." The Egyptian Book of the Dead (c. 16th century BCE) a collection of spells and prayers used by ancient Egyptians as a guidebook for the souls of the dead on their travels through the underworld describes Wepwawet as a protective deity who led the souls of the deceased to the underworld. The close resemblance between the two gods led over time to the personalities merging, and their many titles may have been interchangeable. These included "First among the Westerners" (westerners was another term for the dead), "Lord of the Necropolis," and "Lord of Abydos." Abydos was one of the most ancient settlements in the Nile Valley. See also: ANIMAL-HEADED FIGURES; BOOK OF THE DEAD; DEATH AND THE AFTERLIFE; EGYPT; GEB; HORUS; ISIS; NUT; OSIRIS; RE; SETH. Furt her reading Citation Chamberlain, Andrew T., and Michael Parker Pearson. Earthly Remains: The History and Science of Preserved Human Bodies. New York: Oxford University Press, Faulkner, Raymond, trans. The Egyptian Book of the Dead. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, Spence, Lewis. Ancient Egyptian Myths and Legends. New York: Dover Publications, Green, Lyn. "Anubis." Gods, Goddesses, and Mythology. Marshall Cavendish Digital, Web. 04 January < LYN GREEN Copyright 2012 Marshall Cavendish Corporation

5 APA Green, L., & GREEN, L. (2012). Anubis. In Gods, goddesses, and mythology. Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish Reference. Retrieved from Chicago Green, Lyn, and LYN GREEN. "Anubis." In Gods, Goddesses, and Mythology. Marshall Cavendish Reference, Harvard Green, L. and GREEN, L. (2012). Anubis. In Gods, goddesses, and mythology. [Online]. Tarrytown: Marshall Cavendish Reference. Available from: [Accessed 4 February 2017]. MLA Green, Lyn, and LYN GREEN. "Anubis." Gods, Goddesses, and Mythology, Marshall Cavendish Reference, Credo Reference, Accessed 04 Feb 2017.

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