The Role Of Annubis In Ancient Egypt

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Dogs main role was to protect a family. They were a key source of security in a house of a pharaoh or in military forces. Out of all of Egypt's gods, "Anubis, the jackal headed god, Egyptians seem to have identified other dogs with this god, and at times domestic dogs were buried as sacred animals in the Anubieion catacombs at Saqqara" ("Tour Egypt"). The canine God, Anubis was thought of as the god of the underworld. Eygptians believe that the role of Annubis was to primarily support and lead the dead spirits of the underworld. Seen most commonly as a black jackal-headed man, or as a black jackal, Egyptians would have realized that the common jackals beside tombs and graveyards, was a sign of protection over the lost, and so the connection

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