: a jackal-headed god in Egyptian mythology who leads the dead to judgment
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Another wolf, Anubis or M2520, crossed I-40 in 2021, and was shot and killed near Flagstaff.
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Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 1 Aug. 2024
The Republic's Lindsey Botts wrote about the issue in 2021, when another wolf, this one known as Anubis, strayed north of the line.
—Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 4 Mar. 2024
Williams is also known as Anubis Aramean, Thompson goes by Antu Anum Ahmat, while Wickerson is Intuahma Aquama Auntil, according to Berkeley police.
—Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 15 Jan. 2024
Potentially encouraging this practice was the god Anubis, the guardian of tombs, the guide to the afterlife, and the deity most associated with dogs.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 11 Jan. 2024
The deepest chamber, nicknamed the Treasury, was guarded by a huge black jackal, representing the god Anubis, with a linen cloak, collar of blue flowers, claws of silver, and ears and eyes of gold.
—Jo Marchant, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Nov. 2022
According to Reuters, archaeologists also found statues of the gods Anubis, Amun, Min, Osiris, Isis, Nefertum, Bastet and Hathor.
—Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 31 May 2022
In another, Anubis faces off with Death in a chess match borrowed from Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal.
—Christopher Ross, WSJ, 4 June 2021
The jackal is associated with Anubis, god of death; the falcon with Horus, god of the sky; the hippopotamus with Taweret, goddess of fertility.
—Nathaniel J. Dominy, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2021
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Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 1 Aug. 2024
The Republic's Lindsey Botts wrote about the issue in 2021, when another wolf, this one known as Anubis, strayed north of the line.
—Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 4 Mar. 2024
Williams is also known as Anubis Aramean, Thompson goes by Antu Anum Ahmat, while Wickerson is Intuahma Aquama Auntil, according to Berkeley police.
—Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 15 Jan. 2024
Potentially encouraging this practice was the god Anubis, the guardian of tombs, the guide to the afterlife, and the deity most associated with dogs.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 11 Jan. 2024
The deepest chamber, nicknamed the Treasury, was guarded by a huge black jackal, representing the god Anubis, with a linen cloak, collar of blue flowers, claws of silver, and ears and eyes of gold.
—Jo Marchant, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Nov. 2022
According to Reuters, archaeologists also found statues of the gods Anubis, Amun, Min, Osiris, Isis, Nefertum, Bastet and Hathor.
—Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 31 May 2022
In another, Anubis faces off with Death in a chess match borrowed from Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal.
—Christopher Ross, WSJ, 4 June 2021
The jackal is associated with Anubis, god of death; the falcon with Horus, god of the sky; the hippopotamus with Taweret, goddess of fertility.
—Nathaniel J. Dominy, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2021
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“Anubis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Anubis. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.
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