Anubis, whose hieroglyphic name more closely translates as Anpu, is the Ancient Egyptian God of death and dying, and sometimes God of the Underworld. His mother is Hesat or Bastet with an unknown father, or Nephthys, and his father is variously said to be Set, Ra or Osiris. His daughters are Qeb-hwt and Kebechet. In later times, Anubis was combined with the Greek god Hermes to form Hermanubis

He has the head of a jackal or some other kind of dog, and the jackal is his symbol. The jackal imagery is related to Anubis' role among the Deities of Egypt, as the jackal is a scavenger and is strongly associated with death and dying. In art, he is depicted as a man with a canine head and alert ears, often wearing a ribbon and wielding a whip.