Anubis Egyptian Gods Family Tree

But here s something interesting i found.

Anubis egyptian gods family tree. He is the son of nephthys and. The most popular version is that anubis is the son of nephthys and osiris. Son of nephthys and osiris. 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.

It s an incredibly fun take on the often confusing subject of egyptian divinities. Anubis or inpu anpu in ancient egyptian ə ˈ nj uː b ɪ s. The egyptian gods have a rather interesting family tree and creation. Several versions exist of how anubis came into being.

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. Anubis is another ancient deity of egypt mostly connected with the underworld. Anubis also agreed to help his mother and his aunt. There s a lot of inbreeding needless to say and like any family tree that involved inbreeding it can get a little messy.

He is also known as the god of embalming. He is also the protector of the dead as he ushers them into the underworld. He is known as the guardian of the necropolis. The egyptian gods like isis osiris set horus thoth anubis and lots more were an incredibly diverse group.

He is represented as a man with the head of a jackal with alert ears and wearing a red ribbon. The below image created by korwin briggs at veritable hokum depicts a cartoon family tree of the egyptian gods. A dysfunctional family tree. 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.

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. Like the greek and roman gods which were probably inspired by their structure the egyptian gods were often arranged into family units although they weren t always. However it is also told other ways as osiris being he dad and also set as being his father but its not very clear the only clear known fact about this was anubis s mom was nepthys. 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.

Staring with one god who developed an entire race of upper and lower gods.