Wepwawet
Wepwawet is a wolf god of war and brother of Anubis. He was seen as one who opened the ways to, and through, Duat, for the spirits of the dead. This deity serves as a guide and pathfinder for souls in the afterlife.
↻ synthesized from 6 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Ancient Egyptian deity from the pharaonic period.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Anput, Kebechet, Sia, Weneg, Wadj-wer, Sokar, Tutu, Teka-her, Tenem, Wai, Wenenu, Wenty, Aker, Isis, Serapis, Seker, Nephthys, Hapi, Mot, Huur, Spandaramet, Andjety, Aqen, Assessors of Maat, Duamutef, Imset, Kherty, Medjed, Nehebkau, Qebehsenuef, Yam, Sopdu, Set
- allied with
- Osiris
- sibling of
- Anubis
- manifests as
- Horus
- child of
- Wadjet
- manifested by
- Horus
Mentioned by
- Aker
- Isis
- Serapis
- Seker
- Nephthys
- Hapi
- Mot
- Huur
- Spandaramet
- Andjety
- Aqen
- Assessors of Maat
- Duamutef
- Imset
- Kherty
- Medjed
and 7 more
Sources
Source passages
“Wepwawet, a wolf god of war, and brother of Anubis, being seen as one who opened the ways to, and through, Duat, for the spirits of the dead”
#12229 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Anubis is associated with Wepwawet, another Egyptian god portrayed with a dog's head or in canine form, but with grey or white fur. Historians assume that the two figures were eventually combined.”
#14182 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Wepwawet – A jackal god, the tutelary deity of Asyut, connected with warfare and the afterlife”
#21060 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Ancient Egyptian deities, including Wepwawet. Other species theorized include the black-backed jackal also called the silver-backed Jackal (C. mesomelas or Lupulella mesomelas) and golden jackal or Asiatic jackal (Canis aureus). The Egyptian jackal was listed as a subspecies of the golden jackal but molecular and osteological data has established that it is a unique species in its own right.”
#37510 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Procession of Wepwawet ("The Opener of the Ways"). Wepwawet was in this instance a manifestation of the triumphant Horus who came to the aid of his father Osiris. The rite involved excoriation rituals relating to the enemies of Osiris.”
#41978 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001