Anubis

Jackal god of embalming and guide of the dead.

Parentage

• parent: Osiris
• parent: Nephthys

Children

• Kebechet

Domains

• embalming
• afterlife guidance

Powers

• Performing the rites of mummification on the dead
• Weighing the heart against Maat's feather in judgment
• Guide and escort the dead through the necropolis

Epithets

• ḫnty-sḥ-nṯr egyptian · Khenty-seh-netjer · cultForemost of the divine booth (embalming tent); lord of mummificationPyramid Texts; embalming-ritual papyri (primary)
• tpy-ḏw.f egyptian · Tepy-djuef · cultHe who is upon his mountain; the jackal watching over the necropolisPyramid Texts utterance 437; ḥtp-dj-nsw offering formula (primary)
• nb tꜣ-ḏsr egyptian · neb ta-djeser · cultLord of the sacred land (necropolis); guardian of the cemeteryFunerary stela formulae (Anubis epithets in the offering prayer) (primary)
• jmy-wt egyptian · Imiut · cultHe who is in the (place of) embalming / in his wrappings; the embalmer-godPyramid Texts; the Imiut fetish in funerary cult (primary)

Sources

• existence: Pyramid Texts, Utterance 437 (primary)