Anubis is the ancient Egyptian god of mummification and the afterlife.

Anubis is the ancient Egyptian god of mummification and the afterlife. He is often depicted as a jackal-headed or a man with a jackal head.

Now in India the Jackal was considered to be a very evil creature as it was a scavenger often of dead bodies. But during this time in ancient kemet it was associated with a more natural aspect of death and thus was embraced even revered.

Anubis was responsible for the protection of the dead and the deceased's journey to the afterlife. He was also the god of funerary rites and embalming, and was often depicted in funerary art, such as tomb paintings and funerary statues.