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[[File:Statue of the god Anubis.jpg|thumb|Hermanubis marble statue, 1st–2nd century AD ([[Vatican Museums]])<ref>[http://mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/x-Schede/MEZs/MEZs_Sala04_07_014.html Statue of the god Anubis, Vatican Museums]</ref>]] | [[File:Statue of the god Anubis.jpg|thumb|Hermanubis marble statue, 1st–2nd century AD ([[Vatican Museums]])<ref>[http://mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/x-Schede/MEZs/MEZs_Sala04_07_014.html Statue of the god Anubis, Vatican Museums]</ref>]] | ||
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'''Hermanubis''' ({{langx|grc|Ἑρμανοῦβις|translit=Hermanoubis}}) is a [[Greco-Egyptian|Graeco-Egyptian]] god who conducts the souls of the dead to the [[greek underworld|underworld]]. He is a [[syncretism]] of [[Hermes]] from [[Greek mythology]] and [[Anubis]] from [[Egyptian mythology]]. Hermanubis was possibly one of the ancestors of the dog-headed [[Saint Christopher]] – a [[Cynocephaly|cynocephalus]] saint, who was, similarly to Anubis / Hermanubis, a powerful ferryman for travelers. <ref>{{Cite journal |last=Stefanovic |first=Danijela |title=The "Christianisation" of Hermanubis, Historia 4, 2013, 506-5014. |url=https://www.academia.edu/2522152 |journal=Journal of Ancient History |volume=62}}</ref> | '''Hermanubis''' ({{langx|grc|Ἑρμανοῦβις|translit=Hermanoubis}}) is a [[Greco-Egyptian|Graeco-Egyptian]] god who conducts the souls of the dead to the [[greek underworld|underworld]]. He is a [[syncretism]] of [[Hermes]] from [[Greek mythology]] and [[Anubis]] from [[Egyptian mythology]]. Hermanubis was possibly one of the ancestors of the dog-headed [[Saint Christopher]] – a [[Cynocephaly|cynocephalus]] saint, who was, similarly to Anubis/Hermanubis, a powerful ferryman for travelers.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Stefanovic |first=Danijela |title=The "Christianisation" of Hermanubis, Historia 4, 2013, 506-5014. |url=https://www.academia.edu/2522152 |journal=Journal of Ancient History |volume=62}}</ref> | ||
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Template:Ancient Egyptian religion Template:Ancient Greek religion Hermanubis (Template:Langx) is a Graeco-Egyptian god who conducts the souls of the dead to the underworld. He is a syncretism of Hermes from Greek mythology and Anubis from Egyptian mythology. Hermanubis was possibly one of the ancestors of the dog-headed Saint Christopher – a cynocephalus saint, who was, similarly to Anubis/Hermanubis, a powerful ferryman for travelers.[2]
Description
Hermes' and Anubis's similar responsibilities (they were both conductors of souls) led to the god Hermanubis. He was popular during the period of Roman domination over Egypt.[3] Depicted having a human body and a jackal head, with the sacred caduceus that belonged to the Greek god Hermes, he represented the Egyptian priesthood. He engaged in the investigation of truth.[4][5][6]
The divine name Script error: No such module "Lang". (Hermanoubis) is known from a handful of epigraphic and literary sources, mostly of the Roman period. Plutarch cites the name as a designation of Anubis in his underworldly aspect, while Porphyry refers to Hermanubis as Script error: No such module "Lang". (sýnthetos) "composite" and Script error: No such module "Lang". (mixéllin) "half-Greek".[7][8]
Although it was not common in traditional Greek religion to combine the names of two gods in this manner, the double determination of Hermanubis has some formal parallels in the earlier period. The most obvious is the god Hermaphroditus, attested from the fourth century BC onwards, but his name implies the paradoxical union of two different gods (Hermes and Aphrodite) rather than an assimilation in the manner of Hermanubis.[9]
See also
References
Bibliography
- A history of Egypt Under Roman Rule by Joseph Grafton Milne (1992) p. 195
- Who's Who in Egyptian Mythology by Anthony S. Mercatante (2002) p. 56
External links
- Statue of Hermanubis (Alexandria, early 2nd century CE) Template:Webarchive, Antiquities Museum of Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Template:Ancient Egyptian religion footer Template:Greek religion
- ↑ Statue of the god Anubis, Vatican Museums
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- ↑ Plutarch, De Iside et Osiride 61
- ↑ Diodorus, Bibliotheca historica i.18, 87
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- ↑ Porphyry, De imaginibus fr. 8, p. 18. 1–2 Bidez
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