Search Dictionary
Anubis Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
An Egyptian deity, the conductor of departed spirits, represented by a human figure with the head of a dog or fox.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutAn Egyptian deity, the conductor of departed spirits, represented by a human figure with the head of a dog or fox.
anubis
\a*nu"bis\ (&?;), n. [l.] (myth.) an egyptian deity, the conductor of departed spirits, represented by a human figure with the head of a dog or fox.
Noun
1. jackal-headed Egyptian god of tombs; conducted dead to judgment
(hypernym) Egyptian deity
Anubis Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Anubis ( or ; ) is the Greek name for a jackal-headed god associated with mummification and the afterlife in ancient Egyptian religion. He is the son of the Nephthys and Set according to the Egyptian mythology. According to the Akkadian transcription in the Amarna letters, Anubis' name was vocalized in Egyptian as Anapa. The oldest known mention of Anubis is in the Old Kingdom pyramid texts, where he is associated with the burial of the pharaoh. At this time, Anubis was the most important god of the dead but he was replaced during the Middle Kingdom by Osiris.
| See more at Wikipedia.org... |
Anubis Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
The black jackal-headed god of mummification - figures prominently in the murals in the tombs on the West Bank.
Anubis Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
Anubis (Greek) Anpu (Egyptian) The Egyptian jackal-headed deity, lord of the Silent Land of the West (the underworld). To him with Thoth was entrusted the psychopompic leading of the dead. In the judgment after death, Anubis tests the balance in the scene of the weighing of the heart. His offices were likewise those of the embalmer, mystically speaking. Originally the god of the underworld, he was later replaced by Osiris. In Heliopolis during the later dynasties he was identified with Horus, for he was often regarded as the son of Osiris and Isis -- more often of Osiris and Nephthys (Neith). Plutarch writes: "By Anubis they understand the horizontal circle, which divides the invisible part of the world, which they call Nephthys, from the visible, to which they give the name of Isis; and as this circle equally touches upon the confines of both light and darkness, it may be looked upon as common to them both . . . Others again are of opinion that by Anubis is meant Time . . . " (On Isis and Osiris, sec 44).
to be continue "Anubis2"
to be continue "Anubis2"
Egyptian
Gods & Godesses
Anubis was the son of Nephthys: some myths say that his father was Seth and others name Osiris. One myth says that Nephthys got Osiris drunk and the result was Anubis. Yet another says she disguised herself as Isis and seduced Osiris and subsequently gave birth to Anubis. Some stories even suggest that Nephthys' affair with Osiris was the reason Seth hated and murdered him.The jackal-god of mummification, he assisted in the rites by which a dead man was admitted to the underworld. Anubis was worshipped as the inventor of embalming and who embalmed the dead Osiris and thereby helping to preserve him that he might live again. Anubis is portrayed as a man with the head of a jackel holding the divine sceptre carried by kings and gods; as simply a jackel or as a dog accompanying Isis. His symbol was a black and white ox-hide splattered with blood and hanging from a pole. It's meaning is unknown. Anubis had three important functions. He supervised the embalmment of bodies. He received the mummy into the tomb and performed the Opening of the Mouth ceremony and then conducted the soul in the Field of Celestial Offerings. Most importantly though, Anubis monitored the Scales of Truth to protect the dead from deception and eternal death. Early in Egyptian history, Anubis was a god of the dead. This role was usurped by Osiris as he rose in popularity.
Gods & Godesses
Anubis was the son of Nephthys: some myths say that his father was Seth and others name Osiris. One myth says that Nephthys got Osiris drunk and the result was Anubis. Yet another says she disguised herself as Isis and seduced Osiris and subsequently gave birth to Anubis. Some stories even suggest that Nephthys' affair with Osiris was the reason Seth hated and murdered him.The jackal-god of mummification, he assisted in the rites by which a dead man was admitted to the underworld. Anubis was worshipped as the inventor of embalming and who embalmed the dead Osiris and thereby helping to preserve him that he might live again. Anubis is portrayed as a man with the head of a jackel holding the divine sceptre carried by kings and gods; as simply a jackel or as a dog accompanying Isis. His symbol was a black and white ox-hide splattered with blood and hanging from a pole. It's meaning is unknown. Anubis had three important functions. He supervised the embalmment of bodies. He received the mummy into the tomb and performed the Opening of the Mouth ceremony and then conducted the soul in the Field of Celestial Offerings. Most importantly though, Anubis monitored the Scales of Truth to protect the dead from deception and eternal death. Early in Egyptian history, Anubis was a god of the dead. This role was usurped by Osiris as he rose in popularity.
