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or national deities. It is an example of how the Egyptian gods are viewed, as Morenz
puts it, of having "personality but not individuality."
See also Amen, Ra.
Amset
(Imsety, Mestha; Golden Dawn, Ameshet)
One of the Four Sons of Horus, Amset was represented as a mummified man. He was
the protector of the liver of the deceased, and was protected by the goddess Isis.
See also Four Sons of Horus, Isis.
Anubis
(Anpu; Golden Dawn, Ano-Oobist)
Anubis (Greek, from Egyptian Anpu) was the son of Nephthys: by some traditions,
the father was Set; by others, Osiris. (And by still other traditions his mother was
Isis.) Anubis was depicted as a jackal, or as a jackal-headed man; in primitive times he
was probably simply the jackal god.
Owing perhaps to the jackal's tendency to prowl around tombs, he became associated
with the dead, and by the Old Kingdom, Anubis was worshipped as the inventor of
embalming, who had embalmed the dead Osiris, thus helping preserve him in order
to live again. His task became to glorify and preserve all the dead.
Anubis was also worshipped under the form Upuaut ("Opener of the Ways"),
sometimes with a rabbit's head, who conducted the souls of the dead to their
judgment, and who monitored the Scales of Truth to protect the dead from the
second death in the underworld.
See also Nephthys, Osiris, Set.
Anuket
In Upper Egypt, around Elephantine, Anuket was worshipped as the companion
(generally the daughter) of Khnum and Sati. Her sacred animal was the gazelle. She
was believed to be the dispenser of cool water, and wore a feathered crown on her