The female form of the god Anubis

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Faculty of Archeology - Cairo University(Egypt)

Abstract

"Anubet" is a canine goddess, related to the god Anubis, in the feminine form of Anubis2. Her name is simply the female version of the name of her consort Anubis 66,156,1 "t" is the feminine ending 3. According to mythology Egyptian folk, Anubis was married to Anubet together the couples fathered a daughter Kebechet,

Main Subjects


1 Les Canidés, importante famille de mammifères carnivores fissipèdes, parmi les espèces il y a
principalement, les chacals, les chiens, les coyotes, les loups, les lycaons et les renards.
A.Eissa, "Untersuchungen Zum Gott Upuaut bis Zum Ende des Neuen Reiches", Kairo 1989.
P.F.Houlihan, "Canines", dans: Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt, V. I, (2001), 229-231.
Sur le chien, voir T.Handoussa, "Le chien d'argrément en Ancienne Egypte", dans: GM 98
(1986), 23-41.
W.Helck, "Input", dans: LÄ II, (1977), 163. 2
Chr.Leitz, LGG I, 2002, 398. 3
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Pyr. 1180 b, 468 a, 1564a, 1749a, 1995a, CT VI, 148, CT II, 163.