The ancient Egyptian god Anubis cared for the dead.
After death, Anubis was the god of mummification, guide and protector of the dead in the Duat (underworld).
Anubis the Egyptian god, was not a god of the living, he was guide and protector of the dead in the Duat (underworld).
Anubis god of mummification and embalming .
He was the god of the dead and would guide dead people through the darkness of the underworld.
The God of the dead was called Anubis, Anubis is the one who put the heart on the scales with the feather of truth.
Anubis was the most important funerary god, watching over the embalming of dead people. He is the god with the head of a jackal.
No, Anubis did not kill people; he was the Egyptian god of the embalming after death had occurred and the tester, protector and guide of the dead during the journey through the Duat (underworld).
In ancient Egypt a myth goes that Anubis helped to preserve (embalm) the body of Osiris and protected it, so that role transferred over to all dead of the Egyptian people.
Anubis was protector and guide of the dead in the Duat (underworld).
Anubis was protector and guide of the dead in the Duat (underworld).
In Egyptian myth, no one turned into Anubis. Priests who embalmed the dead would put on a mask of Anubis and preform the ritual of mummification thus being seen as a aspect the god Anubis or under his protection with his blessing.