Anubis

[ uh-noo-bis, uh-nyoo- ]
/ əˈnu bɪs, əˈnyu- /

noun Egyptian Religion.

the god of tombs and weigher of the hearts of the dead: represented as having the head of a jackal.

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Anubis
/ (əˈnjuːbɪs) /

noun

Egyptian myth a deity, a son of Osiris, who conducted the dead to judgment. He is represented as having a jackal's head and was identified by the Greeks with Hermes
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