BY MAKAYLA B.
11 YEARS OLD
Welcome back to my last article on Egyptian Gods. It won’t be my complete last one, but I am going to move on to something else for the next edition.
Last week, I introduced Anubis, and I asked some questions to the readers about him. Some may think he is not all bad, but if you think so, you’re wrong! Anubis is a kind God, helpful, and caring. Those are his good traits. He is also impatient and impulsive. He represents life, the soil of the Nile River, and the discoloration of the corpse after embalming.
It is unknown why Anubis is depicted as a black jackal but good soil that the Egyptians were able to farm in was black. They believe that the colour black symbolizes good fortune, regeneration and rebirth. Osiris couldn’t go back to be the God of life after he died; he took Anubis’s place as God of the dead and underworld, so Anubis became the God of embalming the dead.
His job was to guide the dead to the afterlife and the underworld, keeping evil out of Egypt. The underworld would be packed with souls that have crossed the duat, but only those who were truly good could go there. Anubis brought souls to be judged, and then brough the good ones across the duat.
I hope that you have enjoyed learning a little about Egyptian Gods.
