Anubis
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Dr. Zaius
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Released:
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Friday, November 14, 2003
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California, United States
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The Egyptian jackal god ANUBIS wants to travel far and wide, exploring this strange temporary realm of physical beings. Take him anywhere that feels appropriate.
Anubis (Inpew, Yinepu, Anpu) is the ancient Egyptian god of the underworld who guided and protected the spirits of the dead.
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The worship of Anubis is ancient - probably even older than the worship of Osiris. In the pyramid texts of Unas, his role was already very clear - he was associated with the Eye of Horus and he was already thought to be the guide of the dead in the afterlife, showing them the way to Osiris.
Anubis was generally depicted as a black jackal-headed man, or as a black jackal. The Egyptians would have noticed the jackals prowling around their graveyards, and so the link between this animal and the dead was formed in their minds. (It has been noticed by some archeologists that the best guides to Egyptian tombs are the jackal-trails.) Anubis was painted black to further link him with the deceased -- a body that had been embalmed became a pitch black color. Black was also the color of fertility, and thus was linked to death and rebirth in the afterlife. Anubis was also seen as the deity of embalming, as well as a god of the dead. To the Egyptians, Anubis was the protector of embalmers and guardian of both the mummy and the necropolis.
Anubis was often identified by the word sab, 'jackal' rather than 'dog' (iwiw). To the Egyptians there was not a great deal of difference between the two types of canines, so there is some confusion over which animal Anubis actually was. The figure is sometimes referred to as the 'Anubis animal' as it is unknown which exact species of canine that Anubis actually was based on.
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Eli&Shay retrieved it from Hafrsfjord-1
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Rogaland, Norway
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Anubis is on the move. Very excited to find a travel bug!
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Kjeldsen placed it in Hafrsfjord-1
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Rogaland, Norway
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Kjeldsen retrieved it from AcidRain
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Islas Canarias, Spain
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Just one day after this TB has been placed, we retrieved it on our hike down from top of Teide. We bring Anubis to another adventure in Norway.
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kpit51 placed it in AcidRain
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Islas Canarias, Spain
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kpit51 retrieved it from Ave Maria
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Islas Canarias, Spain
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Wir haben ihn von der Maria losgeloest.
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i5fzi placed it in Ave Maria
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Islas Canarias, Spain
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i5fzi retrieved it from Labante Event Cache by G.E.Nicogiorgi
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Italy
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i take Anubis , tomorrow it will fly with me to Tenerife island, Canaries , for pass a warm winter
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g.e.nicogiorgi placed it in Labante Event Cache by G.E.Nicogiorgi
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Italy
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g.e.nicogiorgi retrieved it from Ponte degli Alidosi
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Emilia–Romagna, Italy
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Grabbed for a trip around after a Long stop.
We'll take with us to Labante Event Cache!
Gabriele & Margherita
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Batman73 placed it in Ponte degli Alidosi
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Emilia–Romagna, Italy
- 32.64 miles
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