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View Name: Anubis


ANUBIS
GENDER: Masculine
PRONOUNCED: ə-NOO-bis (English)   [key]
Meaning & History
Latinized form of Ανουβις (Anoubis), the Greek form of Egyptian Inpw (reconstructed as Anapa) which possibly meant "royal child". Anubis was the Egyptian god who led the dead to the underworld. He was often depicted as a man with the head of a jackal.
Related Names
VARIANTS: Anapa, Anoubis



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