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Anput (NSFW)

Anput....if there is one thing that the Egyptians have is the myriad of animal like gods and goddesses that fill their ranks. The question is, who is she and what importance does she hold in the Ancient Egyptian Religions? Unfortunately that is a complicated answer. Anput is the goddess of the seventeenth nome (A territorial section in Upper Egypt). Anput has been spotted in the triad of gods that include Menkaure, Hathor, and herself. Some have her as a jackal headed goddess or a goddess with a feather. There are other depictions of her as a jackal that is pregnant, nursing a child, or even a goddess with knives. What is known of Anput is that she is the Goddess of Mummification and the Goddess of Funerals. This might sound grizzly in today's concepts but the afterlife was a major important belief in Egyptian culture. Death is a natural part of life and the need to have a deity that partook in such actions was needed. Some looked at her as a goddess of rebirth and a goddess of protection. To put it simply, some refer to Anput as the female concept of Anubis. She is sometimes referred to as Anupet, Input, or even Yineput. The fact is, she is sometimes looked at as the wife of Anubis and even possibly the mother of Kebechet. Another interesting possibility is that Anput is sometimes even looked at as the mother of Ammit (Yes the same Ammit that is the Devourer of the Dead). If the story of Ammit is true and if she is truly the wife of Anubis, does that mean Ammit that follows so closely to Anubis his very own daughter? Another interesting concept is the Cynocephalus or the Cynocephali. They are often referenced as a race of dog people that lived on Earth. Anubis even though he is a jackal god, has been hinted as possibly a member of this race. Unfortunately there simply isn't that much knowledge on Anput to give more information than what is seen...... In Tales of Heroes, Anput is a Cynocephali. The mythical race has dwindled in numbers but they still exist in the different characters including Anubis himself. She is indeed the wife of Anubis and they did have a child named Kebechet. Kebechet is an interesting story in itself that will be covered in an another time since she is a serpent goddess which raises questions on two jackal deities having a serpent child together. The mystery of Ammit however, is something that may never be resolved. Ammit has her own desires and even though she does follow Anubis sometimes, nobody knows if Anput is the mother of Ammit and she says nothing in return. Anput does bring into concepts that happens to the Egyptian Deities and other Deities. One is the concept of marriage. While she is married to Anubis, marriages with couples that can seemingly live forever can actually be taxing on it. For example, if the marriage is till death do us part and both of the couples live forever, then the marriage will never end. While Anput does love Anubis and Anubis loves her in return, the married couple do take breaks from one another. Egyptian marriage breaks tend to last ten, twenty, to even hundreds of years. During this time, Anubis and Anput will find somebody else to take up a mate/lover and then they will get back together. Human mortals are perfect at this since they only live so long anyway. Once the humans die of old age, Anput and Anubis will be back together and stay together till they eventually decide to take a break and find a human mortal to have fun with. This was common for Egyptian deities to not only do this but sometimes they even had children with human mortals in turn. Of course, it wasn't to say that Anput wouldn't have fun with the human mortals that she spent time with. She did have relationships with mortal men. She even had a child named Upi- Sekhmeti a jackal god known for his wonderful singing voice. Anput's stories is one of some curiosity. She is the Goddess of Funerals and Mummification. In the Coalition of Deities, she was the one responsible for handling the death arrangements of a fallen deity. While seemingly rare, she had her place and she handled it well. She is also a powerful fighter being able to use her knives in combat to such great extent that some even called her the "Knife Dancer." There is an interesting story that sometime in the early 1500s that she deliberately took up human form and allowed herself to be sold into slavery (perhaps out of sheer boredom). Eventually under the name of Morgiana, she would find herself eventually in the hands of Ali Baba. Seeing that Ali Baba was a good person, she agreed to help him in his travels and to help him against the forty thieves. Only Ali Baba and his son knew the true form of Morgiana and kept it a secret to please the ancient goddess. Using her expertise in her knife and sword skills she quickly dispatched any foes that wished to harm Ali Baba including stopping several assassination plots on his life. Anput had feelings for Ali Baba but he could not return the love since he was already married however, pleased by Morgiana's work and good nature he wanted her to marry his son. They all agreed and the goddess got a husband. Anput would survive Cataclysm. What wiped out most of the gods on Earth, Anput among several other Egyptian Deities survived by putting themselves to sleep somewhere near Alexandria. In 1955, the temple would be found among with her, Kebechet, Upi-Sekhemti, and other Egyptian Deities. Awoken by the Coalition of Deities, she would rejoin the organization in a world with a massive growing human population. It would be a matter of time before she would once again take a human for a pet {cough}...husband. The husband would never know that the woman he was with was none other than the Egyptian Goddess until it was too late. It isn't to say that she never mistreats her husbands. A promise of riches, love, sex, and a good home was all available for that man as long as he was ready to live under her leash.....