Anubis
The following comes from the World Book.
Anubis was an important god of the underworld among the ancient Egyptians. His main center of worship was at Kynopolis, which means Dog City in Greek.
Because the dog, or jackle, was his sacred animal, Anubis is often represented in the form of a crouching dog or jackle. His functions were associated with those of Osiris, the chief
god of the underworld, and with those of Thoth, another of Osiris' assistants. It was Anubis' duty to attend to the ritual preparation of bodies, to weigh the heart of every person on the
scale of justice, and to judge a person's good and bad deeds on earth.
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