taken from http://www.geocities.com/athens/ithaca/4396/anubis.htm Anubis, God of Mummification Anubis was the protective deity of cemetaries, credited with the invention of embalming because he helped Isis to preserve her brther Osiris, whose body wass the first to be mummified. Usually depicted as a reclining black jackal, or a man with a jackal head, he was thought to ward off scavengers. Osiris's blackness symbolized the rich soil of Egypt and the appearance of a mummified course.
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he is the god who greets the dead to the afterlife
It all started out when ancient egyptians believed in a god by the name of Anubis who was a mummification god. they worshiped him for many years until he died. but they still do mummification.
There is no god of priests, only a god of mummification, Anubis.
That was what he was associated with in Egypt.
Anubis -- the God of Mummification
Anubis is the main god of mummification in ancient Egypt.
He is the god of mummification and the afterlife
he is the god who greets the dead to the afterlife
No, Anubis.
Ceremonies such as Mummification, opening of the mouth (supposedly allowing mummies to talk, speak, hear, etc.) and gods such as, Anubis, god of mummification and embalming, and Osiris, god of the dead were often associated with Egyptian burial and death.