The Egyptian jackal gods were nearly all male. Sharpe, The Alabaster Sarcophagus of Oimenephthah I, King of Egypt, Now in Sir John Soane’s Museum, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London: Longman, Roberts and Green, 1864) Jackal gods depicted on the coffin of King Seti I (image from pl. But many other jackal gods were also revered, often as local deities. Only a few of these gods were well known even to the Egyptians: Anubis, Wepwawet, and Duamutef. The ancient Egyptians worshipped a number of gods associated with the mythical black jackal, all of whom were connected to death and the afterlife.
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