Anubis - God of the Underworld
Jan 14th, 2007 by admin
The God of the Underworld - Anubis (in Greek) - was an old god who took care of the cemeteries and, from around the fifth dynasty, was considered to be the son of the sun god Ra.
Later he was connected to the vast Osiris cult and became his son with the goddess Nephtys.
Anubis is depicted as a jackal, or a man with a jackal’s head, and 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.