Anubis

ANUBIS, Greek name for the Egyptian god Inpu, who AMSET, the son of Horus, together with the other three sons of Horus, performs the function of protecting Osiris from his enemies: Set and his retinue. In the burial chamber, where Anubis himself arranges the children of Horus, Amset stood at the southern wall. Later it began to be considered. that he is the embodiment of one of the essences of man, namely -ka. patronized the dead. He is known in the form of a lying black jackal or the wild dog Sab (or as a man with the head of a jackal or a dog). Anubis-Sab was considered the judge of the gods (in Egyptian "sub> - <judge"). His veneration came from the city of Cynopolis, the city of the dog, and very early spread throughout Egypt. He is close to the wolf god Upuat. Anubis