Anubis

Anubis (or Anpu) was the god of the dead in early ancient Egypt. Later, when Osiris took over this role, Anubis became the god of funerals and the guardian of the underworld. He escorted the dead to the hall of judgment, where he helped weigh their hearts against the feather of truth before presenting them to Osiris. Anubis was the son of Nephthys, who tricked Osiris into fathering him. After Set, Nephthys’s husband, sought to kill him, the infant Anubis was abandoned but found and raised by Isis. Anubis later helped Osiris and embalmed his body after his murder by Set. He is credited with introducing embalming and burial rites. Depicted as a jackal or a man with a jackal’s head, Anubis was believed to protect the dead from scavenging animals. His worship spread to the Greeks and Romans, who used the name Anubis as a Greek form of Anpu.