#inpw

Hail Anpu, great gatekeeper of the Duat.

Beautiful dog-faced god, indiscriminate judge to all.

He who dwells in the middle sky,

And rules over the western mountains.

Offerings

Water, wine, whiskey, rum, scotch, beer, black coffee, milk, juice, teas, energy drinks.

Meat, fish, fruits and vegetables, bread, grains, nuts, honey, cakes and other sweets, too (like dark chocolate or cinnamon flavored candies). Spices (like turmeric, cinnamon, pepper, paprika, saffron, etc.) and spicy food.

Plants or scents (perfumes, incense, candles, essential oils) like like lavender, frankincense, myrrh, cedar wood, sandalwood, cassia, eucalyptus, camphor oil, cedar oil, peppermint, rose, thyme, and almond oil. (Please make sure these are okay to burn before doing so).

Knives, bow and arrows, or other weapons can be dedicated to Inpw.

Precious metals and stones like gold, silver, lapis lazuli, obsidian, onyx, black tourmaline, smokey quartz.

Funerary objects and materials like natron, linen bandages, imagery/figurines of the canopic jars, heart scarabs, coffin imagery/figurines, acacia gum or gum arabic.

Items like the feather of maat, scales of justice, the ankh, the sekhem scepter, the was scepter, the double crown, the crook and flail, You may also offer him imagery of him, a seated/laying down dog, or any of the previous objects listed (drawings, printed pictures, figurines).

Devotional Acts

Visit a cemetery and help clean up graves. Pay respects to the dead and help make their graves look nice, decorate it with flowers, or ask to pour out a libation to the deceased when you go and visit. Clean up any debris or trash you found around the site. Along these lines, getting in the habit of saying a prayer for the deceased to have an easy transition is also a great devotional act. You don’t have to address anybody in particular, just the act is enough.

If you have any desire to go into death work that can be a great devotional act- this can be done by being a death doula, mortuary science, death investigation, autopsy technician, forensic science technician, funeral assistant, etc. Helping the dead and treating them with respect is always appreciated.

Fostering dogs or helping out at dog shelters is a great devotional act for Anpu!

Volunteer at an orphanage. Anubis is associated with orphans, so helping those who have lost their parents can be incredibly beneficial to the child and something you can do in honor of him.

Doing things that will help make your heart lighter at the end of your life. This is going to look different person to person but it can include coming out if you’re closeted, being true to yourself, setting boundaries, dealing with your trauma and going to therapy to unpack whatever it is that you’ve been through, getting on medication for any mental illness you have, going down a career path you’re passionate about, picking up new hobbies, making new friends that will help you, finding a community that will accept you, etc. Again, this will look different for everybody. Ask yourself what will make your heart feel lighter at the end of your life?

Signs

Anubis is well known for sending dogs along people’s paths. I’ve seen that he’s most likely to send black dogs to a person- they may appear randomly along your path or they could appear as a stray dog looking for a home. He may also send you jackals, wolves, coyotes, foxes, or leopards- depending on what’s native to your area but they may also appear randomly through images. Along these lines, you could also come across scared signs and symbols of him, or you may see him.

You may get feelings of easiness, calmness, as well.

Signs from him could be your own life transforming around you. You could see yourself transforming much faster, where you’re learning lessons that you need to or you’re getting on a career path that will help you. Transformation can also take the form of being better at setting boundaries or becoming a better communicator.

Anubis, Inpu, Inpw, Jnpw, or Anpu

God of funerary rites

Protector of graves

Guide to the Underworld

Usually depicted as a canine or a man with a canine head

Oh jackal Anubis! Show me the road through darkness. I have passed through this door into nothing. Nothing grows and nothing dies; all that was and would be is.

The beautiful one.

Art by me, Max Kyro © Born Rotten Art

Prince of The Duat, Beautiful God of the Weighing of Hearts, be surrounded in my love and adoration, may our bond never be broken apart.

He Who Dwells in the Place of Embalming, He Who Holds the Keys, He Upon His Mountain, He Who Oversees The Mysteries!

I give to you: A thousand loaves of bread, a thousand casks of wine, a thousand bolts of linen and silk, All good things I offer to you, Noble Deity and Father of Mine.

Purify and mend my heart and soul so I may stand beside you without shame. Guide me where I need go, Hold me close and call me by my Name.

Great of Power, Preserver of Balance, your praises my heart and soul do sing, you are wise, powerful, elegant, and skilled in a great many varied things.

Father to the Orphan, Friend and Guide to the Dead, . He Who Slays His Enemies,He Who Rules Where Others Fear To Tread.