Anubis

Anubis
The Egyptian god Anubis, (a modern rendition inspired by New Kingdom tomb paintings)
Name in hieroglyphs
Major cult center	Lycopolis, Cynopolis
Symbol	Mummy gauze, fetish, jackal, flail
Personal information
Parents	Set and Nepthys, Osiris (Middle and New kingdom), or Ra (Old kingdom).
Siblings	Wepwawet
Consort	Anput, Nephthys[1]
Offspring	Kebechet
Equivalents
Greek equivalent	Hades or Hermes

Anubis (/əˈnjuːbɪs/;^[2] 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.^[3]

Like many ancient Egyptian deities, Anubis assumed different roles in various contexts. Depicted as a protector of graves as early as the First Dynasty (c. 3100 – c. 2890 BC), Anubis was also an embalmer. By the Middle Kingdom (c. 2055–1650 BC) he was replaced by Osiris in his role as lord of the underworld. One of his prominent roles was as a god who ushered souls into the afterlife. 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. Anubis is one of the most frequently depicted and mentioned gods in the Egyptian pantheon; however, no relevant myth involved him.^[4]

Anubis 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 associated with his brother Wepwawet, another Egyptian god portrayed with a dog's head or in canine form, but with grey or white fur. Historians assume that the two figures were eventually combined.^[5] Anubis' female counterpart is Anput. His daughter is the serpent goddess Kebechet.