Anubis
Egyptian jackal-headed god of death, mummification, afterlife. Guards tombs and cemeteries. Guides souls to judgment, weighs hearts against Ma'at's feather. Protector of the dead. Opened the way between worlds. Associated with embalming, preservation, proper burial. Later merged with Hermes as Hermanubis.
Correspondences
Offerings
- Offerings
- MyrrhFrankincenseBlack candlesHonoring the deadActs of protection for vulnerableAssisting with death transitions
Sacred timing
- Sacred Timing
Symbols and forms
- Alternate Names
- AnpuThe Opener of the WayGuardian of the Scales
- Gender Expression
- Masculine
- Titles
- Guardian of the ScalesThe Opener of the WayLord of the Sacred LandHe Who Is Upon His MountainProtector of Tombs
- Symbols
- JackalScalesFlailWas scepter
Practice
- Invocation Approach
- ToneSolemn respect for psychopompAddressLord AnubisGuardianOpener of the WayRelationshipGuide through death transitionsWarningRequires honest reckoning with deathResonanceThose working with death dying afterlife
- Modern Practice
Patron of death workers, hospice, those guiding souls. Invoked for death transitions, ancestor work, protection of the dead. Teaches reverence for death, importance of thresholds, that death requires sacred witnessing.
Nature and meaning
- Domain
- DeathMummificationAfterlife guideProtection of deadThreshold between life and deathJudgment
- Mythology Summary
Egyptian jackal-headed god of death, mummification, afterlife. Guards tombs and cemeteries. Guides souls to judgment, weighs hearts against Ma'at's feather. Protector of the dead. Opened the way between worlds. Associated with embalming, preservation, proper burial. Later merged with Hermes as Hermanubis.
Details
- Secondary Planets
- Moon
- Correspondences
- ColorsBlackGoldWhiteScentsMyrrhFrankincenseNatronMetalsGoldSilverAnimalsJackalDog
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