scarehoe:

ANUBIS (/əˈnuːbᵻs/ or /əˈnjuːbᵻs/ )  ;  is the Egyptian God associated with mummification.  Though once the foremost god of the underworld, over time he became specifically tasked with the process of embalming and funeral rites.  Being the adoptive son of Osiris, it is he who preforms the act of the weighing of the heart upon one’s entrance into the land of the dead, and thus determining the fate of the deceased.  One of Anubis’s most notable tasks was the guiding of souls into the afterlife, and in this the abandoning of those deemed guilty to Ammit.  His name is derived from the same root as the word for “royal child”, though it can also be determined to be closely related to the term for  “ to  d e c a y .” 

oceanhunters:

T E E N A G E  G I R L S  +  M Y T H O L O G Y: Anubis

They hear her whispering quietly, alone, her lips spilling out words that aren’t quite audible. She has always favoured the company of the dead over the living. Her friends who have hearts, alive and beating, tread carefully around her; they know what she is capable of. She judges whether they are worthy of her time, studies the life that lingers inside them. A deep growl emits from the depths of her throat when confronted by those who think her too dark or too morbid, for she is merely doing her job.

facinaoris:

MYTHOLOGY MEME - [5/?] EGYPTIAN GODS/GODDESSES: ANUBIS

“O, Anubis! Mighty Anubis!
As you take his measure, 
And weigh his heart as he stands before you,
Know that he was loved by many,
And will be remembered by all.”

cervvo:

Anubis was associated with the mummification and protection of the dead for their journey into the afterlife. He was usually portrayed as a half human, half jackal, or in full jackal form wearing a ribbon and holding a flail in the crook of its arm. The jackal [Note: recent genetic studies show that the Egyptian jackal is actually a form of the grey wolf and has thus been renamed the “Egyptian Wolf” was strongly associated with cemeteries in ancient Egypt, since it was a scavenger which threatened to uncover human bodies and eat their flesh. The distinctive black color of Anubis “did not have to do with the jackal [per se] but with the color of rotting flesh and with the black soil of the Nile valley, symbolizing rebirth.”

Anubis is depicted in funerary contexts where he is shown attending to the mummies of the deceased or sitting atop a tomb protecting it. In fact, during embalming, the “head embalmer” wore an Anubis costume. The critical weighing of the heart scene in the Book of the Dead also shows Anubis performing the measurement that determined the worthiness of the deceased to enter the realm of the dead (the underworld, known as Duat). New Kingdom tomb-seals also depict Anubis sitting atop the nine bows that symbolize his domination over the enemies of Egypt.

facinaoris:

MYTHOLOGY MEME - [5/?] EGYPTIAN GODS/GODDESSES: ANUBIS

“O, Anubis! Mighty Anubis!
As you take his measure, 
And weigh his heart as he stands before you,
Know that he was loved by many,
And will be remembered by all.”