"Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever."
-Napoleon
Anubis
Anubis is one of the most ancient of Egyptian Gods. Worship of Him has been documented as far back as to the most ancient of temples. Presiding over mummification, it was He who put the dead's heart on the scale to be judged. Originally He was the God of Death until the popularity of Osiris ended up shifting to the one who Guided the dead to judgement. His main place of worship is Heliopolis, or the City of the Dogs. In some of the oldest stories, His mother is Nephthys, who abandoned Him in the wilderness. Isis came and found Him, raising Him as Her own son. Out of love and respect, Anubis is now Her and Osiris's fierce protector.
Anubis is the Egyptian God of the dead and mummification. He is also the patron of embalming, poisons and medicine which came about when He helped Isis restore Osirus after Set cut apart and scattered Osirus' body. During the mummificatio procedure, He oversees the "opening of the mouth". He guides the dead to the final judgement in the underworld. He is both loved and feared; loved for His gentleness and feared for the unknowingness of death.
He is shown as a man with the head of a black jackal, the black signifiying His position as God of the dead. A black and white blood spotted ox hide and Canis Major are His symbols.
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