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Osiris And Mummys: A Story Of Anubis

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There are many stories of how exactly Anubis came to be, though it’s not known which one is right. In one story, his parents are Osiris and Nepthys. Nepthys gave birth to him, though abandoned him in the middle of the wilderness. Seth killed and scattered the pieces of Osiris, his father. When the parts were found, Anubis created the art of embalming and mummification to allow him into the Underworld. Anubis’s appearance hasn’t changed too much over the years, he is still portrayed as a jackal or a human with a jackal

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