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[Corbin Wells]

http://furnation.ning.com/profiles/b...oonists-vision

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For years I've been taking advantage of my interest in art and philosophy to help build and give birth to an idea for a graphic novel, which I intend to use as a means to gather a fan base in hopes of getting people to help me in bringing to life my life's work through animating.

Given that I am using life as my tool for commentary, it became apparent to me that religion too has not escaped my thoughts. The many beliefs and strange ideas of what may happen once we perish have been fascinating to me because it reveals just how lonely we as a species truly are. I respect religion, but personally I am against it, but that's a little off topic. I would rather bring to light here what my activities have been recently.

I have been digging up info on many gods of many religions, one god in particular who I took interest in, me being one who loves anthropomorphic work and the fandom, has been Anubis. I spent nearly two months figuring out what type of person he would have to be to do the work he does. My concern in the beginning was why we have given Anubis the role he plays, if you are unfamiliar with that role, I will tell you shortly. But the "why"is no longer my concern. My concern has now turned to "what type of person would he really be?" What would it be that would drive him to continue the work that he does and how will that play an important role in my work? This was what my focus turned to, and the more I began to answer that question, the more I developed him, the more I fell in love with who he would become and he soon became one of the more dominant figures in my work. In a later blog I will reveal some text that will give a concrete idea of what he will be like.

Now for those of you who may not be entirely sure of what it is Anubis does (or who he is) then read this:

Patron of: mummification, and the dead on their path through the underworld (A patron is like a guide, or a protector)

A man with the head of a jackal-like animal. Unlike a real jackal, Anubis' head is black, representing his position as a god of the dead. He is rarely shown fully-human, but he is depicted so in the Temple of Abydos of Rameses II. There is a beautiful statue of him as a full jackal in the tomb of Tutankhamun.

Anubis is an incredibly ancient god, and was the original god of the dead before Osiris "took over" the position. After that point, Anubis was changed to be one of the many sons of Osiris and the psychopomp (conductor of souls) of the underworld. His totem of the jackal is probably due to the fact that jackals would hunt at the edges of the desert, near the necropolis and cemeteries throughout Egypt.

Prayers to Anubis are found carved on the most ancient tombs in Egypt, and his duties apparently are many. He watches over the mummification process to ensure that all is done properly. He conducts the souls through the underworld, testing their knowledge of the gods and their faith. He places their heart on the Scales of Justice during the Judging of the Heart, and he feeds the souls of wicked people to Ammit.

In some stories, Anubis is the son of Ra and Nephthys, or Set and Nephthys (probably due to Set and Anubis having the same totem animal). Some have Heset as his mother, and still others say Bast. This apparent confusion is still another sign of Anubis' origins in the most ancient of times. He also has a daughter, Kabechet, who helps him in the mummification.


Now if only I could get that computer...