NAMES
  • Anpu
  • Anup
  • Anupu
  • Wip
  • Ienpw
  • Inepu
  • Yinepu
  • Inpw
  • Sekhem Em Pet
  • Heru
  • em
  • Anpu (Hermanubis, with Hermes in Cynopolis)
  • Am Ut "dweller in the chamber of embalmment"
  • Khent Sehet "governor of the hall of the god"
  • Tep
  • Tu
  • f "he who is upon his hill"
  • Chontamenti (Khentimentiu/Khentamenti) "lord of the westerners"
  • "he who is set upon his mountain"
  • "jackal ruler of the bows" (9)
  • "he who counts hearts"
  • "he who belongs to the mummy wrappings"
  • "he who is before the divine [embalming] booth
  • Opener of the roads of the North

QUOTES "And for this reason it is, they sacrifice to him two Cocks, the white one,as a proper emblem of the purity and brightness of things above, the other of a saffron color, expressive of that mixture and variety which is to be found in these lower regions." (Plutarch)

"I have washed myself in the water wherein the god Anpu washed when he had performed the office of the embalmer and bandager [...]"

"Anpu, who is upon his hill, hath set thee in order, and he hath fastened for thee thy swathings, thy throat is the throat of Anubis and thy face is like that of Anubis."

A protector of the dead, most specifically their body.


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