Anubis God of the Dead

            Anubis was God of Embalming and the Dead. He was shown as a jackal with the body of a human. He also watched over the embalming ceremonies. And he even helped Osiris on one of his most daring mission. But most of all he was a good god and he helped the Egyptians get to the Afterlife and live happily ever after!

            Anubis’s head was always shown as a dark jackal or a black hound. And his human body was sometimes shown as a hound or a jackal. This god, Anubis, had many symbols that showed what kind of person he was. One of these was a bloody white ox-hide hanging from a pole symbolizing death. Many others were the jackals because in Ancient Egypt jackals were always scurrying around the graveyards digging up mummies of people. Another symbol was the flail symbolizing war in which many people died. He was worshiped in many places but his cult (place of most religion) was in Heliopolis (city of hounds).

Anubis, God of the Dead, was a big part of Egyptian religion. His mother was shown as Nephtys and his father was normally shown as Set but in some myths it was Osiris. He was the Great God of the Dead and Embalming and he watched over the embalming ceremonies. When the dead went to the Underworld and walked up to the balance Anubis made the balance even and to help him with that he had a small weight and he always held the Symbol of Life. If he thought that this person was a good person he would present him to Osiris and Osiris would send them to the Afterlife. If Anubis did Anubis God of the Dead

            Anubis was God of Embalming and the Dead. He was shown as a jackal with the body of a human. He also watched over the embalming ceremonies. And he even helped Osiris on one of his most daring mission. But most of all he was a good god and he helped the Egyptians get to the Afterlife and live happily ever after!

            Anubis’s head was always shown as a dark jackal or a black hound. And his human body was sometimes shown as a hound or a jackal. This god, Anubis, had many symbols that showed what kind of person he was. One of these was the bloody white ox-hide hanging from a pole symbolizing death. Many others were the jackals because in Ancient Egypt jackals were always scurrying around the graveyards digging up mummies of people. Another symbol was the flail symbolizing war in which many people died. He was worshiped in many places but his cult (place of most religion) was in Heliopolis (city of hounds).