Connecting with Anubis

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Pantheon: Egyptian

Also know as: Anpu

Roles:

• Guardian of the door through which the deceased enter the hall of judgment
• Leads the soul to the field of celestial offerings
• Presides over the weighing of the heart ritual: the ceremony of judgment that determines the soul’s fate
• Places the heart on the scales of justice and personally feeds the souls of those who fail to pass the test to Ammit, the monster who devours them
• Supervises the mummification process, ensuring that it is ritually correct
• Supervises the crucial opening-of-the-mouth ceremony, the ritual which ensures reanimation of the soul
• Knows the date of everyone’s death and may be petitioned to reveal it
• Locates lost articles, but only if you have a statue of him: touch his ears and request his help
• Guards the dead, protecting against grave robbing and desecration
• Guards mediums, ensuring that only benevolent spirits approach
• Serves as a guide if requested and will stand guard for you
• Is protective and can help with curses
• Opens the path allowing spirits and humans to travel between realms

Favored People: Mediums, diviners, and those working in the funeral industry. Anubis protects children. 

Manifestations: A black jackal or hound, a man with a jackal’s head

Color: Black

Star: Sirius, the Dog Star

Spirit Allies: Wepwawet, Isis, Horus, Nephthys, and Thoth

Offerings: Donations on behalf of the Ethiopian jackal or wolf, or on behalf of Pharaoh Hounds in need (rescues); also beer, wine, or spirits, and macabre funeral- and death-themed toys and figurines

From: Encyclopedia of Spirits by Judika Illes