1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
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 of the ways ") : the former type is symbolized by the recumbent animal 3^ , the other by a similar animal (in a stiff standing attitude), carried as an emblem on a standard in war or in religious processions. The former comprised two beneficent gods of the necr…
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