Who Is Anubis? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Anubis is a In the Public Domain comic book character, with over 199 comic issue appearances. The Egyptian God who shepherds souls to the afterlife.

Who is Anubis?

Origin Anubis was the Lord of the necropolis, the cities of the dead, who were consistently on the west shore of the Nile According to Egyptian beliefs, was in charge of guiding the spirits of the dead to the "other world", the Duat. Guarding the guardian of the balance in the Judgment of Osiris. Iconography Anubis was depicted as a canine-headed man, or as an Egyptian black dog (or jackal), the color of the putrefaction of bodies, and fertile land, a symbol of resurrection. Occasionally appears as a canid accompanying Isis. The association with the jackal is probably due to their habit of digging up the corpses from the graves to feed. Anubis was depicted with black fur, although the jackals in ancient Egypt had a reddish coat, because this color symbolized resurrection and fertility, the color of the silt brought by the Nile each year, renewing fertility fields. Mythology Anubis was the ancient god of the Duat. Anubis was associated not only with death, resurrection also after it, and was painted in black, the color representing fertility.

Key facts

Anubis is of god/eternal origin and first appeared in "The Monstrous Plant". The character is published by In the Public Domain. With 199 recorded issue appearances, Anubis ranks among the most featured characters in comics.