Anubis
<p >'<i>Anubis</i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" title="Help:IPA for English" >/</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >ə</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >ˈ</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >n</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >uː</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >b</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >ə</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >s</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" title="Help:IPA for English" >/</a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" title="Help:IPA for English" >/</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >ə</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >ˈ</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >n</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >j</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >uː</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >b</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >ə</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >s</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" title="Help:IPA for English" >/</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anubis#cite_note-2" >[2]</a></sup> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek" title="Ancient Greek" >Ancient Greek</a>: Ἄνουβις) is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" title="Ancient Greek language" class="mw-redirect" >Greek</a> name of a<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynocephaly" title="Cynocephaly" >jackal-headed</a> god associated with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummy" title="Mummy" >mummification</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afterlife#Ancient_Egypt" title="Afterlife" >afterlife</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_religion" title="Ancient Egyptian religion" >ancient Egyptian religion</a>.
Like many ancient <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_deities" title="Ancient Egyptian deities" >Egyptian deities</a>, Anubis assumed different roles in various contexts. Depicted as a protector of graves as early as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="First Dynasty of Egypt" >First Dynasty</a> (c. 3100 – c. 2890 BC), Anubis was also an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embalm" title="Embalm" class="mw-redirect" >embalmer</a>. By the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Kingdom_of_Egypt" title="Middle Kingdom of Egypt" >Middle Kingdom</a> (c. 2055 – 1650 BC), Anubis was replaced by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osiris" title="Osiris" >Osiris</a> in his role as Lord of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underworld" title="Underworld" >underworld</a>. One of his prominent roles was as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopomp" title="Psychopomp" >god who ushered souls into the afterlife</a>. He attended the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weighing_scale" title="Weighing scale" >weighing scale</a> during the "Weighing of the Heart," in which it was determined whether a soul would be allowed to enter the realm of the dead.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anubis#cite_note-3" >[3]</a></sup> Despite being one of the most ancient and "one of the most frequently depicted and mentioned gods" in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Egyptian_gods" title="List of Egyptian gods" class="mw-redirect" >Egyptian pantheon</a>, however, Anubis played almost no role in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_myths" title="Egyptian myths" class="mw-redirect" >Egyptian myths</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJohnston2004579_4-0" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anubis#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJohnston2004579-4" >[4]</a></sup>
Anubis was depicted in black, a color that symbolized both rebirth and the discoloration of the corpse after embalming. Anubis is associated with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wepwawet" title="Wepwawet" >Wepwawet</a>(also called Upuaut), another Egyptian god portrayed with a dog's head or in canine form, but with grey or white fur. Historians assume that the two figures were eventually combined.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGryglewski2002145_5-0" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anubis#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGryglewski2002145-5" >[5]</a></sup> Anubis' female counterpart is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anput" title="Anput" >Anput</a>. His daughter is the serpent goddess <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebechet" title="Kebechet" >Kebechet</a>.</p>