In Egyptian mythology, who was the God of embalming who also watched over the dead?

Question

In Egyptian mythology, who was the God of embalming who also watched over the dead?

Answer 1

That would be the God Anubis. He is said to watch over the dead as if he's guarding them.  Hope it helped.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anubis

Answer 2

Its either Anubis or Osiris.

Answer 3

I belive it was Anubis

Answer 4

that god is Anubis, an old god in egyptian mythology.  

Answer 5

The Ancient Egyptians held a great reverence for the Jackal headed god Anubis, who oversaw the embalming and mummification process as well as escorting the deceased through the procedures for entering the underworld.

When the person arrived for judgment, they would first declare their purity before an assembly of gods including Osiris. the Ibis headed god Thoth was on hand to record the result of the judgment.

In the 'weighing of the heart' from the Book Of The Dead the heart of the dead person was balanced against the feather of Maat, or truth. If the heart was lighter than the feather the dead person was allowed to pass on into the underworld, but if it failed the test then the Eater of souls would devour the deceased

They were also the God to watch over the dead.

Answer 6

anubis

He was generally depicted as a black jackal-headed man, or as a black jackal. The Egyptians would have noticed the jackals prowling around the graveyards, and so the link between the animal and the dead was formed in their minds. (It has been noticed by Flinders Petrie 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 has been embalmed became a pitch black color. Black was also the color of fertility, and thus 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 embalming and guardian of both the mummy and the necropolis

Answer 7

Anubis