in which mythology wasanubis a god?

Answer 1

Wepwawet: Titled "Lord of the sacred land", sacred land referring to cemeteries.

We(U-)puat, (Greek: Ophios).
Cemetery god from Lykopolis in province 13 of Upper Egypt. His name meant "opener of the way" (to the Underworld). He wore a soldiers' outfit, was scout on Re's bark during the night and probably a spiritual force in the battle field. His standard was used in rituals and the Narmer Palette shows this. He took part in annual Osiris feast at Abydos. His statue was placed to watch the tombs and he opened the gates to the life beyond for the dead. Possibly identical to an old jackal god called Sed, and his father was Anubis. An obscure ruler from Abydos (c. 1650 BC) is the only king yet known to have taken his name - Wepwawemsaf.

Anpu in Egyptian also In(e)pu, Imeut
Anubis (in Greek) was an old god who took care of the cemeteries and from c. dynasty five considered to be the son of the solar god Re.
Later he was connected to the vast Osiris cult and became his son with the goddess Nephtys.
(See the Myth of Osiris). Depicted as a jackal or a man with a jackal's head, he was originally a god from Abydos in Upper Egypt. He guided the deceased to the next life via the court of Osiris in the Underworld. He was the one who took care of embalmings and was the subject of the mortuary prayers in funerals. His fame was constantly on top during all periods of the long Egyptian history.

Answer 2

Anubis = Egyptian God of the Dead : -

Anubis, Egyptian god of the dead Anubis. (Anpu). Egyptian god of the dead, represented as a black jackal or dog, or as a man with the head of a dog or jackal. His parents were usually given ...
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A statue of Anubis was placed in Trafalgar Square recently to promote the exhibition of Tutankhamen treasures on at the O2 [Dome] here in Greenwich this November.

Unfortunately when I was in Trafalgar Square a couple of days ago, the statue had already been removed. I only saw it briefly on TV, black and gold - fab!

Answer 3

Egyptian mythology.

Answer 4

Egyptian God of Embalming

Answer 5

Anubis is the Egyptian God of the Dead

Answer 6

Anubis (Inpew, Yinepu, Anpu) was an ancient Egyptian god of the underworld who guided and protected the spirits of the dead. He was known as the 'Lord of the Hallowed Land' - the necropolis - and Khentamentiu, 'Foremost of the Westerners' - the Land of the Dead was thought to be to the west, where the Egyptians buried their dead. (Khentamentiu was the name of a previous canine deity who was superseded by Anubis.) The worship of Anubis was an ancient one - it was probably even older than the worship of Osiris. In the pyramid texts of Unas, his role was already very clear - he was associated with the Eye of Horus and he was already thought to be the guide of the dead in the afterlife, showing them the way to Osiris. In the text, it was written that "Unas standeth with the Spirits, get thee onwards, Anubis, into Amenti, onwards, onwards to Osiris."

Answer 7

Anubis is the Greek name for the ancient jackal-headed god of the dead in Egyptian mythology whose hieroglyphic version is more accurately spelled Anpu (also Ano-Oobist, Anoubis, Anupu, Anbu, Wip, Ienpw, Inepu, Yinepu, Inpu, or Inpw). He is also known as Sekhem Em Pet. Prayers to Anubis have been found carved on the most ancient tombs in Egypt; indeed, the Unas text associates him with the Eye of Horus. He serves as both a guide of the recently departed and a guardian of the dead.
No public procession in Egypt would be conducted without an Anubis to march at the head, the "go-between" of gods and men. The ancient Egyptians swore "by the Dog" when making oaths they would not break.
Anubis was the guardian of the dead, who took souls to the Underworld and protected them on their journey. It was he who deemed the deceased worthy of becoming a star. Ancient Egyptian texts say that Anubis silently walked through the shadows of life and death and lurked in dark places. He was watchful by day as well as by night. He also weighed the heart of the dead against the feather symbol of Ma'at, the goddess of truth. One of the reasons that the ancient Egyptians took such care to preserve their dead with sweet-smelling herbs was that it was believed Anubis would check each person with his keen canine nose. Only if they smelled pure would he allow them to enter the Kingdom of the Dead.
Anubis was portrayed as a jackal-headed man/god, or as a jackal wearing ribbons and holding a flagellum, a symbol of protection, in the crook of its arm. Some think that he was not pictured as a jackal but as a dog, fox, wolf, or hybrid instead. Very rarely is he ever shown fully human. Anubis was always shown as a black jackal or dog, even though real jackals are typically tan or a light brown. To the Egyptians black was the colour of regeneration, death, and the night. It was also the colour that the body turned during mummification.
The reason for Anubis' animal being canine is based on what the ancient Egyptians themselves observed of the creature - dogs and jackals often haunted the edges of the desert, especially near the cemeteries where the dead were buried. In fact, it is thought that the Egyptians began the practice of making elaborate graves and tombs to protect the dead from desecration by jackals. A statue of Anubis, jackal-form, was found in Tutankhamen's tomb. When pet dogs died, they were mummified and buried in temples dedicated to Anubis.
Read more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anubis

Answer 8

Egyptian. Anubis, I presume...

God of the dead. Had the head of a jackal.

Answer 9

Egyptian Pantheon.
Anubis: Guide of souls to Amenti, region of dead; son of Osiris; jackal-headed

Answer 10

Anubis was a Greek name for the Egyptian God ANUBIS

Check it out here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anubis