Anubis, who mummified Osiris, was only the patron saint of a place before, but later he became the god of death, the patron saint of burials and mummies. His appearance is usually that of a mountain dog.
The deceased is brought before Osiris by Anubis (the dog-headed god), and must work hard to prove his innocence in life. The heart is considered to be the residence of human consciousness, so the heart is placed on the scale of a scale, and the feather symbolizing justice is placed on the other side of the scale. If the heart is heavier than the feathers, the person will not pass the trial and the deceased will be handed over to the devil with the head of a crocodile. If the feather is heavier than the heart, the deceased is a good person with no fault, and then the deceased will be taken to a paradise in the underworld by Halls to live in it and obtain eternal life. However, to live in the Paradise, one must regularly take turns farming for Osiris, so it evolved into placing dolls in the tombs of the deceased, and the dolls would perform labor on the deceased's behalf.
Egyptian myths and legends:
The ancient Egyptians believed in polytheism and believed that all things had animism. Initially, Egyptian gods mostly appeared in the form of animals and were not personified, which showed strong traces of totem worship. At that time, every early city in Egypt had an animal that was regarded as its protective god. For example, the jackal was the local god in central Egypt, and the crocodile was the local god in Fayoum. Once an animal is regarded as the local god of a city, the residents of that city regard it as something sacrosanct and will be worshiped and protected by the residents. Later, with the further development of society, people found that the worship of nature was more meaningful, so belief in natural gods arose. The natural god was also a product of the low productivity of the society at that time, but it was a step further than totem worship. It reflected human beings' understanding and desire to know the natural society. Natural gods have been given more and more human nature. Among natural gods, the sun god is regarded as the representative of all nature, so the sun god has become the center of human worship of nature. The sun god is called Ra, and he is the highest god in Egypt. His status is equivalent to Zeus in ancient Greek mythology.
Most of the gods in ancient Egypt are concrete and realistic. They may appear in the form of animals or humans, and many are half-animal and half-human gods, but their behaviors are described as being the same as humans, with vivid and vivid characters and stories of joys and sorrows. These myths and legends express people's life behaviors through the gods' wit, tenacity, kindness and bravery. It can be seen that Egyptian mythology is permeated with the Egyptian people's pursuit and yearning for beautiful things and truth. It is the crystallization of the Egyptian people's long-term accumulation of life and collective wisdom. Although Egyptian mythology materials are rich in content, there is no strict era division and unified system. Therefore, we mainly use the stories of several main gods to summarize the functions and status of each god, from which we can understand the general outline of Egyptian mythology.
