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Jackal in Ancient Egypt

Anubis (The Jackal)
This  animal, the jackal,  named  "auau" or  "aasha", was  related  with  mortuary rituals and  the  rages  of  the  gods anubis and duamutef. The jackal was taken as a strong, clean,  and  persistent  hunter  and  was  as well  famous  to ruin early Egyptian gravesites. The dog and the wolf were both revered. Anubis is described as a jackal in mortuary  rests,  and  priests  wore  jackal  cloaks  in  observances. Duamutef, one of the Sons of Horus helping as shielder of the vital organs of the broken, was exemplified as a jackals head on the canopic jars. The jackal cult had its lines in the area of Abydos advance in Egyptian history. The pyramid texts of the Old Kingdom Period (2575-2134  B.C.E.)  attested  that  a  dead  pharaoh  would assume the face of a jackal. In time the jackal was addressed Khentiamentiu, the Prince or Lord of the West, or the Prince  of  the  Divine  Hall.  Osiris taken  these  titles when his cult accomplished national prominence.

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