Viking Anubis

Depicted with the head of a jackal, Anubis was the ancient Egyptian god associated with mummification and the afterlife.?During the Early Dynastic period and the Old Kingdom, he was revered as the primary deity of the dead, a role later assumed by Osiris, god of the underworld. Anubis is credited with inventing the art of embalming, which he first practiced on the corpse of Osiris.