Anubis (Eg. Anepu), one of the principal Egyptian deities of the second cycle. He was represented either as a dog or a man with a dog's or a jackal's head. Sometimes he wore a double crown. A white and yellow cock was sacrificed to him. The town of C/nopolis, in the lower Thebais, built in his honor, was the special seat of his worship. He is said to have represented the horizon. The name signifies gilded, and his images were either of solid gold or gilt, He was supposed to be the illegitimate son of Osiris by Nephthys, and was the attendant and guardian of Osiris and Isis. When Osiris was murdered by Typhon, Anubis helped Isis to find his body, He accompanied the souls of the deceased to their place of judgment, and weighed their actions before the tribunal of Osiris. In the Greek mythology he was identified with Hermes.

Anubis.