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ANUBIS (in Egyptian Anup, written Infrw in hieroglyphs), the name of one of the most important of the Egyptian gods. There were two types of canine divinities in Egypt, their leading representatives being respectively Anubis and Ophois (W p-w'<-u'l, " opener o ...

ANGUS, EARLS OP. Angus was one of the seven original earldoms of the Pictish kingdom of Scotland, said to have been occupied by seven brothers of whom Angus was the eldest. The Critic line ended with Matilda (fl. 1240), countess of Angus in her own right, who

ANISE (Pimpinella Anisum), an umbelliferous plant found in Egypt and the Levant, and cultivated on the continent of Europe for medicinal purposes. The officinal part of the plant is the fruit, which consists of two united carpels, called a cremocarp. It is kno

AUBIN, a town o( southern France, in the department of run on ilu- 1 inic, 30 m. N.W. of Kodcz. In 1906 the urban (Hipulation was ing, the communal population 0086. Aubin is the centre of important coal-mines worked in the middle ages, and also has iron-mines,

... ittle more than a synonym for the heavens in general and even his title as king ANUBIS— ANVILLE '57 or father of the gods has little of the personal element in it. A consort Antum (or as some scholars prefer to read, Aoatum) is assigned to him, on the theory t ...

... much in the same form, commencing with a prayer to a deity, generally Osiris or Anubis, on behalf of the deceased, whose name, descent and office are usually specified. There is, however, no attempt to delineate individual character, and the feelings of the su ...