Mortuary temple wall painting of the god
Anubis
in the Valley of the Kings
near Luxor.
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He is a god with a jackal's head, and this fact seems to prove that in
primitive times he was merely the god associated with the dead because the
jackal was generally seen prowling about the tombs.
Anubis was the patron of embalming. He was
also the keeper of poisons and medicines. He provided unguents and rare
herbs to help Isis and Nephthys with the embalming of Osiris. Anubis then
performed the funeral of Osiris, which would be the model for all funerals
to come. |