Foremost of the Westerners

E461476

Foremost of the Westerners is an epithet of the ancient Egyptian god Anubis, highlighting his role as a protector and guide of the dead in the afterlife.

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Foremost of the Westerners canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf epithet ⓘ
religious title ⓘ
appliedToDeity Anubis ⓘ
associatedConcept afterlife ⓘ
necropolis ⓘ
associatedDeityDomain burial rites ⓘ
mummification ⓘ
associatedDirection west ⓘ
cosmologicalAssociation realm of the dead ⓘ
culture ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
epithetOf jackal-headed god Anubis ⓘ
linked to: Anubis
epithetType honorific title ⓘ
geographicalAssociation land of the west ⓘ
western desert necropolises ⓘ
impliesAttributeOfAnubis authority over the dead ⓘ
guidance ⓘ
protection ⓘ
language ancient Egyptian ⓘ
refersTo Anubis ⓘ
religiousFunction funerary protection ⓘ
psychopomp role ⓘ
religiousTraditionPhase Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
roleHighlighted guide of the dead ⓘ
protector of the dead ⓘ
symbolizes leadership among the dead ⓘ
supremacy over the western necropolis ⓘ
usedInContext funerary texts ⓘ
ritual invocations of Anubis ⓘ
tomb inscriptions ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anubis → title → Foremost of the Westerners ⓘ