Anubis
In Egyptian mythology, similar to the Hermës of Greece, whose
office it was to take the souls of the dead before the judge of the
infernal regions. Anubis is represented with a human body and jackal's
head.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Anubis from Fact Monster:
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