12, patron saint of soul: Anubis
Anubis is the patron saint of the soul in the theological system of ancient Egypt, which appears as the he
12, patron saint of soul: Anubis
Anubis is the patron saint of the soul in the theological system of ancient Egypt, which appears as the head and body of a wolf in the murals of Pharaoh's cemetery. For the ancient Egyptians, the afterlife was extremely important, so they worshipped Anubis, the god who guarded the dead, a long time ago. Anubis, the god of the underworld and death, has the head of a wolf, an ordinary wild dog looking for scavengers in a cemetery. People prayed for him to protect the dead, and he helped Isis mummify Osiris. Egyptians believed that the god Anubis helped the dead to preserve their bodies so that they could be resurrected. The god Anubis is depicted as a man with a wolf's head and a divine right. Anubis is also associated with Matt, the goddess of justice. Egyptians believe that people will go to the temple of death after death.
Both Arab Egyptians and China people believe that people will go to the temple of the dead after death. There, Anubis used Matt's feathers to weigh the dead heart. Before weighing, he would stabilize the balance to ensure accuracy. People whose hearts are heavier than feathers will be eaten by the devil.
Anubis, the god of death in Arab Egyptian mythology, is in charge of hell. He is mainly responsible for weighing the scales of judgment, that is, putting the feathers of justice on one side of the scales and the hearts of the dead on the other. If the weight of the heart is equal to the feather, then this person can go to heaven and live with God forever. If the feather is heavier than the heart, this person is guilty and will be sent to hell. The prototype of Anubis is the ancient Pharaoh Osiris (ruler of the underworld), the son of Isis.
There has always been a legend about his birth. Nefertis is the wife of the dark god and wants to have a baby. But the dark god can't have children, and Nefertis has an idea. Nefertis became Eve to seduce her husband, the death judge.
The death judge didn't know the truth, so they got married and gave birth to Anubis. Although the death judge is not Anubis' father in name, they are still very close. Later, Judge Death was killed by the God of Darkness. Anubis remembered their feelings and asked death to judge a mummy, so that the body would not rot. Later, mummification after death was carried on by the Egyptian people as a tradition. Anubis is also considered as the guide and protector of the dead.
Anubis is usually the head of a dog, and sometimes he is a complete dog. He played a major role in the search for Osiris's natural body. But there are also traditional beliefs that he only found Osiris's body with the help of a dog. In the trial of the undead, it is the protector of the spiritual balance, focusing on the scale pointer of the balance. He was also a perfumer who buried the mountain, so he became a perfumer. He is also regarded as the emissary of Osiris. But in the earlier scripture, he was only the messenger of the great god La (the sun god), who specially smeared spices on Osiris.
The god nubis has three important characteristics. He is responsible for the methods of embalming corpses; He sent the mummies to the grave and took charge of their souls; More importantly, he protected the dead from deception and ensured that they could be resurrected. In the early history of Egypt, the god Anubis was called the god of death. Later this role was replaced by Osiris.
Anubis' brother, besides the famous desert emperor Horus, is actually a little transparent ... namely "white Anubis"-WEPWAWET. The literature of Upot appeared relatively late, and it is suspected that it was a subspecies created by Anubis in late ancient Egypt. It is generally believed to be the son of Seth, that is, the brother of Anubis, and there is another saying that it is the son of Anubis. His image is almost exactly the same as Anubis, the biggest difference is that his fur is gray or white, and he is generally considered a wolf (Anubis is more regarded as a dog or a jackal). In clothing, he is usually more gorgeous than Anubis, wearing armor and holding mace or bow and arrow.
Upts are "pioneers", which have two meanings: one is to be the god of war, to open the way for the army and guide the direction. The other is as a god of death, opening the way to the underworld for the dead. The latter coincides with the setting of Anubis.
Anubis's wife is generally regarded as an Anpt, and they have a daughter named Kebe Chet. But when it comes to Anput, this role is very subtle, because first of all, her name is the female version of Anubis (similar to the name of King Arthur-the female version of King Arthur is called Artolia, which is the name of Saber in Destiny), and Anput's character setting is almost exactly the same as Anubis, and the image is more casual, that is, a woman wearing Anubis on her head (the more she looks at it, the more she feels like the "female body" of an ancient Egyptian fan painter. Daughter Kebeijiete doesn't even have a portrait, and she doesn't know what she looks like. She only knows that she is a snake god with purification ability.
Besides flail and belt, Anubis also has a mysterious object called imiut biophy, which usually ties the limbs and tail of a cat or cow to a post and decorates it with lilies.