anubis – fair–y backup

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The emblem of Anubis, from the Tomb of Tutankhamun

The upper part is made out of wood and overlaid with gesso and gilded. It represents a pole terminating in a lotus bud and an inflated animal skin suspended on the pole by a copper wire tail ending in a papyrus flower. The base consists of a solid alabaster pot in which the pole is fixed. Inscribed on the base are names and titles of the king given life forever and ever and the epithet ‘mry impw imy wt’: beloved of Anubis who presides over the embalming booth. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.

Tfw when Dad accidentally gives you a panic attack

Anubis, the jackal god, was worshiped as a wolf at Lycopolis (the
present Siut ) under the name of Ouapounitou, which means the one who opens the
way to the north and south. He was also revered at Cynopolis
(today Kaisa) under the name of Anupu, who comes from Anup and
probably means the jackal or desert dog (4). We can
say of Anubis that he was. king in the land of wolves and in the land of dogs.
He was the most popular god of the Lycopolitan and Cynopolitan
names, as well as of all Upper Egypt. (5)

Saint Christopher: successor of Anubis, Hermes and Heracles
(via the-typhonian)

I had a dream last night that I had like 12 dogs and I blame that on Anubis.

Anubis was the guardian of all kinds of magical secrets. In the Papyrus Jumilhac, he appears as the leader of the armed followers of Horus. His ferocity is a match for the violence of Seth. In magical texts of a similar date, Anubis is named as ‘Lord of the Bau’. Whole battalions of messenger demons are under his command. In the magical papyri dating to Roman times, Anubis acts as the main enforcer of curses. The gracious deities of the cult temples are scarcely recognizable in the pitiless gods and goddesses encountered in everyday magic. (…) A story in Papyrus Jumilhac (c. 300 BC) explains the custom by relating how Seth once turned himself into a panther after attacking the body of Osiris. Anubis captured and branded the panther, creating the leopard’s spots. The jackal god decreed that leopard skins should be worn by priests in memory of his victory over Seth.

Geraldine Pinch

(via the-typhonian)