Africanis Dog Names

Anubis was the Egyptian God who was the son of Osiris, the god of mummification, and the patron god of lost souls. Also one of the oldest gods in Egypt, Anubis had the body of a man (or a god) and the head of a dog or a jackal, which is a wild dog related to a fox, wolf, or a coyote. They look like a mix of a fox and a German Shepherd. The experts believe that Anubis was a descendant from the older jackal god named Wepwawet. 

You can find images of Anubis on tombs of the royals from the First Dynasty of Egypt, which was during the years 3150 through 2890 BCE. He had already developed a cult following before these years for him to be portrayed on the tomb walls for the protection of the passing loved ones. The ancient Egyptians claimed that he was brought about by wild dogs and jackals that dug up newly buried corpses during the Predynastic Period in Egypt, from 6000 to 3150 BCE. 

The name Anubis was previously thought to be known as Inpu or Anpu, which means royal child in Egyptian. Two other names associated with Anubis include Imyut, which means “he who is in the place of the embalming” or Nubtadjser, which means lord of the sacred land. Anubis’ main concern was the funerary cults and the care of the dead, thought to be the inventor of embalming, which he first used on Osiris, his father. 

Osiris was one of the most important gods of ancient Egypt and was the local god of Busiris in Lower Egypt. The experts believe that Osiris was a personification of the underworld god of fertility. But Anubis was thought to be even more important than Osiris, and although they have not found any temples where his followers were located, they believe there were shrines and mastabas with his name or image on them. 

This ancient dog god (ironic naming coincidence) was thought to have superhuman strength, vitality, stamina, and resistance to death or harm. Anubis also had some magical skills such as crossing dimensions, shapeshifting, perceiving spirits, and firing energy blasts from his eyes. The only weakness he had was that he could not harm anyone who held an ankh, which is the Egyptian symbol of life. 

The mother of Anubis was thought to be Nephthya; however, some say that he is the son of Isis or Bastet instead. Whoever his mother was, this ancient god was well-known as the god who ushered souls into the afterlife and was in charge of the weighing of the heart, which determined whether or not the soul would be allowed to enter the realm of the dead.