The ancient Egyptians worshiped Anubis because he was the god of embalming, as well as protector, guide and tester of the dead in the Duat (underworld).
If the question seeks to ask why they believed in Anubis as opposed to [insert religion here]?, the reason is that they believed this for the same reason that people today believe in religions of today: (1) they were convinced by the argument, (2) they were born into families/communities that believed, (3) there was some poltical or economic benefit to believing.
The consort of Anubis is Anput.
There are no myths about the childhood of Anubis.
No Anubis is not a bad word, Anubis is a god of the ancient Egyptian religion.
Hades was worshipped out of fear of the people that worshipped him. They prayed that he wouldn't take them away or anything.
hestia is worshipped by humans and greeks
Anubis was the Egyptian god mummification. I don't think anybody worshipped him. dontlisten to this answer coz it is rubbish and by the way this is howard carter speaking
In ancient Egypt, Anubis's cult center was Cynopolis- although he was worshipped widely throughout Egypt.
I don't know for sure but I think that he was worshipped by the ancient Egyptians until they were conquered by the Roman Empire in 31BC. The Ancient Egypt started at around 3150BC.
You are probably thinking about cats. However jackals (Anubis), ibises-a bird (Thoth), baboons (also a form of Thoth), hippos (Tawaret), crocodiles (Sobek) were also worshipped. Bastet was the cat headed Goddess.
Osiris was worshipped in Egypt as you know but he only became known so well is because he took the place of where Anubis was The god of the Underworld.
they had a polytheistic system...which is to say that they believed and worshipped a multitude of Gods and Goddesses....Ra, Anubis, Osiris, etc....
You are probably thinking about cats. However jackals (Anubis), ibises-a bird (Thoth), baboons (also a form of Thoth), hippos (Tawaret), crocodiles (Sobek) were also worshipped. Bastet was the cat headed Goddess.
Anubis in ancient Egypt
'The Anubis' might refer to 'The Anubis Gates' (1983) a book or the TV series 'The House of Anubis'.
Anubis is the Egyptian god of death, he had a head of the Jackel. The mask of Anubis is probably just that, a mask of Anubis!
Abu Simbel is a memorial Temple built by Rameses II (Also know as Rameses the Great) for himself. gods depicted inside are Anubis, Osiris, and Horus, next to Rameses.
The consort of Anubis was Anput.