Anubis Egyptian Gods Family Tree

Anubis or inpu anpu in ancient egyptian ə ˈ nj uː b ɪ s.

Anubis egyptian gods family tree. The below image created by korwin briggs at veritable hokum depicts a cartoon family tree of the egyptian gods. A dysfunctional family tree. In any case as for the presentation of the family tree of ancient egyptian gods and goddesses the brilliant infographic was made by the talented korwin briggs. He is the son of nephthys and.

Anubis is another ancient deity of egypt mostly connected with the underworld. Anubis also agreed to help his mother and his aunt. The most popular version is that anubis is the son of nephthys and osiris. Nephthys was married to set and they had a son anubis the god of mummification who was depicted as a man with the head of a jackal.

Several versions exist of how anubis came into being. He is represented as a man with the head of a jackal with alert ears and wearing a red ribbon. As the goddess of darkness nephthys would naturally be mother to a god who oversaw the embalming process and also guided souls into the afterlife. He is also known as the god of embalming.

Son of nephthys and osiris. The egyptian gods have a rather interesting family tree and creation. Staring with one god who developed an entire race of upper and lower gods. The egyptian gods like isis osiris set horus thoth anubis and lots more were an incredibly diverse group.

But here s something interesting i found. Briggs has added this as a disclaimer what we think of as the egyptian pantheon is really a whole bunch of similar but not identical pantheons which were mostly based in individual cities thebes heliopolis memphis etc. There s a lot of inbreeding needless to say and like any family tree that involved inbreeding it can get a little messy. ⲁⲛⲟⲩⲡ anoup is the greek name of the god of death mummification embalming the afterlife cemeteries tombs and the underworld in ancient egyptian religion usually depicted as a canine or a man with a canine head.

He is also the protector of the dead as he ushers them into the underworld. He is known as the guardian of the necropolis. Anubis is an awesome looking god of embalming and mummification who was worshipped pretty widely before being gradually superseded in that role by osiris. It s an incredibly fun take on the often confusing subject of egyptian divinities.

Anubis s family tree with loads of fathers anubis had many gods and goddesses in his family to start off his dad was ra he was the fourth son of ra.