Pagan Earth: Anubis. →

paganearth:

God of orphans, travelers, and the lost. Guide of the dead.

God of orphans, travelers, and the lost. Guide of the dead. 

Basics - Anubis was a funerary god. His task came to be holding the scales on which the heart was weighed. If the heart was lighter than a feather, the dead would be led by Anubis to Osiris. If heavier, the soul would be destroyed (Scales of Truth). Anubis was worshiped as the inventor of embalming and who embalmed the dead Osiris and thereby helping to preserve him that he might live again. Anubis had three important functions. He supervised the embalming 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.  Anubis is the jackal-headed god of Egypt. His head may actually be a mixture of dog and jackal, either one of which could have been found at the edge of deserts by the cemeteries. The god of embalming is probably associated with the jackal due to the habits of jackals to lurk about tombs and graves. He is of Upper Egypt; his skin is black representing the flesh of those who have been mummified.

Relations - Anubis was the son of Nephthys, and his father was Osiris. One myth says that Nephthys got Osiris drunk and the resultant seduction brought forth Anubis. Yet another says she disguised herself as Isis and seduced Osiris and subsequently gave birth to Anubis.

Other names: Ienpw, Anpu, Anup, Wip.

Color: Black, Gold, Green

Stones: Green feldspar

Animals: Jackal, or domestic dog

Planets: Mercury

Element: Earth

Herbs: -

Day/Month: Wednesday

Holiday: Samhain

Offerings: Candy, namely Chocolate, Beer and other alcoholic beverages

Symbol: Sarcophagus, flail, the number nine

Cult Center: Cynopolis

Day of Keeping Things: January first