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That statuette picture looks like Sekhmet, not Anubis. Can someone confirm this?
coyo 00:07, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
General points to consider:
The appearance of the statue suggests to me that it is anubis. ~~~~ 01:01, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
While the Anubis statue does seem decently endowed, that probably just means it's Anput rather than Anubis proper. --165.134.195.72 00:25, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
Any info on what species of jackal he would have been?--Sonjaaa 00:34, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
Any that looks like his statues. That's really absolutely all we have to go on at the moment - just what he looks like. --Victim of signature fascism 23:28, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
There is a wierd species of dog in northern Africa that is something of a matter for cryptozoology that supposedly has some features that match, however. --Victim of signature fascism | help remove biblecruft 21:25, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
He's mostly jackal, with some wild dog thrown in. If he was given the image by jackals and such looming around grave sites, then it would be more obvious. Black, the colour, was assoicated with death. Add the two together. Daniel (talk)
Huh? Well, just to clear this up...
Sekhmet is female. Anubis is male.
Sekhmet is goddess of lions, and so often has a lion's head. Anubis is god of embalming and often has a jackal's head.
Sekhmet sometimes has a big red circle on her head (which might be a sun disc like Ra's), while Anubis doesn't have one.
Sekhmet is often shown killing stuff. Anubis is shown wheighing the heart or mummifing stuff.
Hello! I read many times, both in books and even more in the internet (and in Wikipedia, too) about Anubis originally being the fourth son of Ra. But it`s never *clearly* mentioned who the other sons were! And yet whenever it was, never in a clear, exact tone, but quite vague and whitout a clear number. But whenever Anubis is mentioned this way, ALWAYS as the third or fourth! Meaning there had to have been a first and second, possibly even thir, other son? But who? I`d suppose Horus and/or Seth. Somebody know more? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.62.42.17 (talk) 12:39, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
Yeah!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.203.105.26 (talk) 22:27, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
How can get them confused? Tutthoth-Ankhre (talk) 21:54, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
What do you mean by that?
In "connection to other gods" there`s written, that he once was supposed to be the fourth son of Ra. And I can remember having red this before, as a matter of fact quite often.
It`s never written that specifically on other gods.
What`s confused about that? Or did I misunderstand you? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.62.42.17 (talk) 12:45, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
actualy, anubis is the son of Nephthys but has no father. It can get a little confusing at times with all the different myths, but... yeah. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Anubis sorrowsong (talk • contribs) 13:24, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
IMHO, the human form bearing the head of the jackal animal, IS his human form. The animal form is usually shown on all fours. --MagicPath111 05:31, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
I have seen (in an encyclopedia) a full human form of Anubis —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rikudemyx (talk • contribs) 19:51, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
Anubis was a master at the weighing of the heart ceremony, and how he did it is by having a feather and the dead person's heart, and if the heart was heavier than the feather, then you have done many bad things in your life and you will go to hell, but if you have done good things in your life, you will go to heaven and your heart will be lighter than the feather. If your heart was even with the scale, you shall go nowhere.
The only known depiction of Anubis in Human form (ie head and body of a man, not the the normal anthropamorphic form) is at the temple of Ramese the 2nd at Abydos —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.221.212.193 (talk) 07:14, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
Trying to find Anubis in Classical Greek to add to the article. I found the Modern Greek Άνουβις in the Greek wikipedia. Perhaps the Classical Greek form is the same as the Modern Greek word.
However, I would transliterate Άνουβις as Hanubis. Was Anubis a mistranliteration to English?
Sleigh 19:04, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
When I was reading this article, under the "Lord of the Dead" heading was the line "and shu his mother was said to be". This is very awkward in English, so I changed it to "and his mother was said to be Shu". Looking up Shu (Egyptian deity), this doesn't seem right. I don't know, so I'm not changing it. Someone who knows Egyptian mythology should probably check this entire section for accuracy. Garnet avi 15:22, 16 December 2006 (UTC) hi
There are an awful lot of Anpu references there. I am not as Bold as I could be (please do not chomp on the newbie), so I don't want to just start deleting ones that seem trivial/stupid. Any suggestions from more seasoned Cultural Reference editors on which could go? Few of them seem to be contributing anything to the article other than the idea that Anpu is a highly-referenced deity. Shouriki 02:16, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
I fail to see why Anubis's page has been reduced to such a short one. A few months ago it contained more info and like a thousand pop culture refrences now...none please put them back. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Rikudemyx (talk • contribs) 07:18, 14 April 2007 (UTC).
Indeed. I agree completely. Most other mythological pages have a trivia section of some kind. I see how someone like Anubis would appear in a plethora of places in pop culture, but I don't see a reason to get rid of them all. Surely we could keep an inexhaustive list of significant references. Czar Baldy Bald IV 00:14, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
The "Embalmer" section ended with the following sentence:
I removed this sentence as unsuitable for several reasons. For starters, it says that the Greeks and Christians did not embalm their dead, which may or may not be true (as far as I know), but if true it would require some source. That's a pretty broad statement.
Also, it says that Greeks and Christians considered death to be a terrifying thing. While this may (I'm not sure) have been true of the ancient Greeks, it seems like Christianity concentrates pretty hard on the promise of wonderful things after death, such as the release of the soul from earthly bondage.
It's unencyclopedic to refer to Anubis as "holy" in this way.
And lastly, if we're going to assert that Greeks and Christians associated Anubis with disease and decay, then we'll need a source that indicates that. It certainly doesn't follow that because A (Greeks and Christians did not embalm the bodies of their dead) and because B (death itself was considered to be a terrifying thing), then C (they associated Anubis with disease and decay). —CKA3KA (Skazka) 01:43, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
I found an image on this website: http://www.egyptianmyths.net/wepwawet.htm
It appears to be the original inspiration for the picture in the article. However, the site identifies the painting as being of Wepwawet, not Anubis. Not sure which one is right, so I thought I'd bring it up. I know the two gods eventually merged, but I'm curious if there are specific features of the iconography which distinguish one from the other prior to the merger besides the difference in color (e.g. the objects being held by the god, etc.) Macroidtoe 20:47, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
The linked article says the head of Wepwawet was grey or white and therefore possibly a wolf. the illustration in the article has a black head and is anyway a modern drawing ... and I have a feeling that Wepwawet often has the kherp scepter.Apepch7 22:54, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
I hope that we can put this photo in this article http://news.yahoo.com/photo/071001/481/4cde3877cc9d4f13bd154e4f945bbff8&g=events/lf/100107goldenanubis;_ylt=Ai8NYrSmslli54jCF7bHoclY24cA it is too pretty to let vanish from the web. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071001/ap_en_ot/art_anubis;_ylt=Aj7geF2gZBP8sQJK_6uz3C9Y24cA I would also like to see the section on Anubis and Hermes Trismegistus or Hermes the Thrice Blessed expanded. rumjal 21:32, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
i added some refs, tagged section with "citation needed" (where i 'm convinced that we definitely need a source for this info) and rmvd a totally unsourced claim for which i couldn't find ANY refs for (if ya still want it, pls discuss on articles talk). SomeUsr|Talk|Contribs 14:12, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
Wasn't he god of the underworld —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sid xx (talk • contribs) 23:24, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
But when they say God shoundnt it be cap so the g isnt lower cased im just wondering --Anubis0792 07:47, 1 August 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Anubis0792 (talk • contribs)
...that Anubis is a popular character in yiffy art? ^^; 79.181.137.73 (talk) 18:07, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
I don't have sources but I'm pretty sure there are studies out there that say the most common animal people on their deathbed report seeing in visions is a gray or black dog. Seems related. But I'm with the last person: appropriate to mention? --Spesek (talk) 02:59, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
User:Download recently reverted an edit by the anonymous IP 76.78.59.164, apparently assuming that it was vandalism. This edit switched the positions of "Greek" and "Egyptian" when talking about Anubis' name. The just-restored version claims that "Anubis" was the original Egyptian name, while the other names listed are Greek. However, the original text claimed the reverse, and was altered by some other anonymous IP back in March. I am virtually certain that the original text was correct (most of the major Egyptian gods are known to us through Greek distortions, and many of those names end in -is), and that the more recent IP editor was simply correcting the information based on his/her own knowledge. Therefore, I am reverting the revert; I just thought I should explain why first. A. Parrot (talk) 02:55, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
You are correct, Anubis is a Greek version of the Egyptian 'Inpw' (Anpu).Apepch7 (talk) 16:50, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
I agree. The name Anubis (with a suffix of 's') seems very much Greek to me. It is because of the rule that many Greek names do end with an es/is. 110.55.181.106 (talk) 10:24, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
Should they not then be changed instead to their proper names instead of the Greek ones? 108.183.32.130 (talk) 07:53, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
The opening para says Anubis was replaced by Osiris in the Middle Kingdom and the reference is Legacy of Egypt by Freeman. Osiris was god of underworld by Old Kingdom so I am not sure how accurate this is - who is Charles Freeman and is he reliable?Apepch7 (talk) 21:12, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
go go reky. riky riky go go! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.69.56.197 (talk) 01:04, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
As I am a large Anpu researcher. The Cult of Ausare came about much after the one of Anpu. This was before he was listed as the father of Anpu as well. During this time before Anpu became less prominent, his position was God of Death, Lord of the Nine Bows and God of the Underworld. Also was the son of Ra. However after the cult of Ausare rose, Anpu was listed as Asuare/Nepthys child, Ra became Amon-Ra, etc. 108.183.32.130 (talk) 07:56, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
Normally in an article, there's an "edit" link at the top of each section, which, on being clicked, opens an edit box for that section. In this article, there are five edit boxes inside the references section, and none in the sections above. Why? Girlwithgreeneyes (talk) 00:19, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
Apparently, there is no reference in our library that the desert god Set is the father of Anubis, only Osiris (including E.A. Wallis Budge's: Egyptian Religion etc). Can someone confirm that Anubis is, indeed, considered by the Ancient Egyptians (i.e from the 5th dynasty - 31 B.C. or B.C.E.) as the son of Osiris? Or at least in the words of Plutarch? 182.18.206.20 (talk) 13:37, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
Is it really necessary to include something from Religulous under "Misconceptions in popular culture?" That movie is a comic documentary, and I fail to see why it should really be listed under "Misconceptions" when nobody would ever take it seriously. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thought Police Officer (talk • contribs) 03:40, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
This website says that prayers to Anubis can be found carved in most ancient temples. It also says a few other things that may not be in it. http://www.touregypt.net/godsofegypt/anubis.htm Do you think I should add some things? I'm trying to be bold as I can. EMachine03 (talk) 00:39, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
This page did not mention Anubis's power and weakness as an Egyptian God which can be added to the article. Anubis was believed to have the conventional powers of the Egyptian God, including superhuman vitality, strength, and invulnerable to harms, as well as some undefined skills such like magical in nature, to cross dimensions and perceive spirits. Its weakness would be unable to attack anyone who possesses ankh,which is an ancient Egyptian symbol that represent the word for "life"..[1] KateKeWu (talk) 00:43, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
References
I added info on Anubis's hieroglyphic name to the "Names" section. Problem: the version of his name that we have in the infobox only appeared in the late Old Kingdom, centuries after the older one. Question is: should we replace it with the old form – which, according to the wording of my source, kept being used afterwards despite the existence of an alternative version – or should we simply remove hieroglyphs from the infobox altogether and discuss them in the "Names" section? Madalibi (talk) 07:07, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
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The animal Canis aureus lupaster was called "Egyptian jackal" until 2011, and is a subspecies of Canis aureus - the wikilink on the page to Egyptian jackal redirects to Egyptian wolf (Canis aureus lupaster was re-classified as a wolf).
See African golden wolf#Taxonomic history and Egyptian wolf - it's an issue of convergent evolution, where the Egyptian wolf evolved to have similar characteristics to the jackal, but is genetically closer to wolves than jackals.
Not a huge deal, I'll just make a short note in the see also. -- Callinus (talk) 07:40, 2 August 2015 (UTC)
Does Anubis being a jackal god have basis in research or is it something that's assumed? It seems just a likely Anubis had been a wolf or dog, perhaps epecially a dog considering the exaggerated face and ears resembling those of a pharaoh hound.
I get that the "Egyptian jackal" was reclassified as a distinct species recently, but the history section constantly talks about wolves in graveyards and all. However I am pretty sure the referenced sources (who are all from the 1980s and 90s) did not state it as such. It even does that with the hieroglyphs. And of course it does not adress the question whether the canine in question isn't a dog, which some researchers have argued for, and which might make more sense (not to mention that the Greeks called Anubis's city Cynopolis and that of another god was called Lycopolis, why should they do that if Anubis was associated with a wolf?). So isn't constantly referring to wolves in the article even if the sources do not state it as such misleading? Shouldn't it be at most putting the word "jackal" in quotes? Was there ever any discussion here about this?--Inugami-bargho (talk) 16:08, 12 September 2015 (UTC)
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209.80.157.46 (talk) 17:33, 30 November 2018 (UTC)
Anubis was appeared to be 200 feet tall
Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference?
As I read through it appears that most of any questions that have arisen from the article are adequately referenced with good sources ranging from dictionaries, books, and encyclopedias. There's a great range of topics focusing on various aspects of the culture and how Anubis fits within it.
Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
The information presented doesn't appear to biased. My personal understanding of the writing depicts the information in a neutral light while also being condensed. Users are able to delve deeper into the subject by clicking on the various links throughout the article which allows for better oversight of the topic in its entirety. Mr. Allen 23:37, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
A 5050-year-old wooden tablet bearing the name of king Aha was used as a tag attached to goods for shipment. The legend on the tablet reads:
/wpt r/ /inpw/ /msqt/ /imy-wt/ /m-qAb/ /Hwt-Hrw/ /judge/ /Anubis/ in the /Mesquet chamber/ of the /Animal skin/ /administrator/ of /Horus’/
/enclosure/
Into the Horus’ Enclosure, Cows bearing the sign of the pubic triangle are depicted. The goods were either sent to the judge, administrator of the enclosure, or to some recipient by the judge.
In the scene of judgment depicted on the papyrus of Anhay (BM 10472, dated to 1100 BCE, younger of the tablet by 1950 years) there is the following legend written close above the head of Anubis:
Words said by Anubis, who is administrator of the god’s enclosureItalic text.
Neither the judge nor the judgment, the enclosures, and the confined Cow women were figments of the imagination of the ancient theologians. What they did, was to obscure the reality of the pharaonic society by attaching funny connotations to every single word that came down to us. Dimitrios Trimijopulos (talk) 20:28, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
that's because there weren't any wolves in Egypt. You might want to correct that to not spread false informations. TheSerialShipper (talk) 09:48, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I'm not going to edit the article, as I've seen that the consensus is just to go by what the Greek sources say (that Anubis' head is that of a dog).
Nevertheless, if at some point in the future it is decided that a section on his disputed species is valid, here are some sources with links provided which could be used:
Mariomassone (talk) 20:52, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
There is a quote on this page and it links to the biblical Seth, when I'm pretty sure Isis wasn't afraid of Seth from the bible. Kelpor (talk) 18:02, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
The romanization of ⲁⲛⲟⲩⲡ should be Anup, ⲟⲩ here is a digraph for u. Tobias Paul (talk) 13:22, 27 October 2023 (UTC)