Egypt · Embalming and the passage of the dead
Anubis ỉnp.w
Also written Inpu and Anpu.
- God of
- Embalming and the passage of the dead
- Recognised by
- A black jackal, or a jackal-headed man, often bent over a bier
- Chief cult centre
- Cynopolis
He makes the mummy and leads the dead to judgement, and he holds the scales at the weighing of the heart. The black is not the colour of jackals but of fertile silt, which is the colour of regeneration in Egypt.
Egyptian sources What Egyptians wrote, on walls, coffins and papyri. What that means
In the correspondence web
In the Golden Dawn's Neophyte hall the Kerux takes the form the ritual calls Anubis. The Temple of Solomon the King, p. 250