Definitions for Anubis

Anubis A·nu·bis

Spelling: [uh-noo-bis, uh-nyoo-]
IPA: /əˈnu bɪs, əˈnyu-/

Anubis is a 6 letter English word.

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Definitions for Anubis

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  1. the god of tombs and weigher of the hearts of the dead: represented as having the head of a jackal.

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Anubis was particularly worshipped at Lycopolis, Abt, and elsewhere.

Anubis, Egyptian god of death, had the head of a jackal, he recalled.

There besides was the famous temple of the jackal-headed god, Anubis.

The head belonged to Ra, or the Sun, the nose and lips to Anubis, and so on.

It will be remembered that Thartac had a donkey's head and Anubis that of a dog.

The figure with the stylized jackal head was Anubis, the god of death.

Only the dog-headed Anubis seemed to stare and nod mysteriously.

Abydos was also the centre of the worship of Anubis, an animal-deity of the dead, the jackal who prowls round the tombs at night.

As far back as we can see, Hathor is a cow, and Horus a hawk, and Anubis a jackal.

The right half—“the well-deserved of Anubis, Usrtsn, son of Srtuy (?)”

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