Anubis

Anubis, the son of the gods Nephthys and Set is the god of embalming, the afterlife, and mummification. He is traditionally portrayed as having the head of a jackal. He lives in the Land of the Dead. There, he carries out the duty of the weighing of one's heart against the feather of truth to determine if their heart gets eaten by Ammit the Devourer.

Background
Anubis was born to Nephthys and Set, but was immediately given to Osiris and Isis by Nephthys, who claimed that she did not want him to know his father. Anubis himself is skeptical of this knowing that he is a "different" child and is not a warrior.

The Red Pyramid
Prior to realizing who he was, Sadie Kane had met him twice in her ba form, once when within the memory of Osiris's birthday party party, and the other when visiting Nut. She eventually met him in person while seeking the feather of truth. They briefly kiss in a New Orleans graveyard and he briefly confides in her about his family. He gives Sadie the feather of truth after asking her 3 questions with the feather in her hand. After he is defeated, he guides sadie and carter to the Hall of Judgment to meet with their father and mother. Throughout these events, there are small hints that Anubis returns Sadie's romantic feelings.

The Throne of Fire
Anubis appears in a london graveyard south of canary wharf station. He talks to Sadie while Babi and Nekhbet are trying to find Sadie and her friends. He gave Sadie information about the second piece of the book of Ra. At the end of the conversation, Anubis kisses Sadie happy birthday and she remarks it as "Her First Kiss".

Personality
Anubis is described as being in a good mood once every day or so and in accordance with that is somewhat moody. The exception to this is when he is in the presence of Ra, on whom he seems to respect. He occasionally becomes mildly flustered if he speaks without thinking, such as when he let slip to Sadie that he knew her mother, Ruby Kane. Despite being about over five thousand years old, Anubis claims he feels young; this may account for his rather young appearance. He has a tendency to tilt his head when confused (seeming almost dog-like).

Appearance
In his jackal form, Anubis is sleek, black, and graceful and wears a golden collar. Sadie describes this form as 'cute'. In his "natural" human form, Anubis is about 5000 years old and possesses a pale complexion, tousled black hair, and brown eyes. He wears jeans, combat boots, a t-shirt, a golden chain, and a the chains of Kratos. His ears sticks up a bit, exactly like a dog's.

Anubis also possesses a dog form and initially appeared this way to Bast and Carter. Like all gods, his true, divine form is too powerful for humans to see.

Powers and Abilities
Anubis may inhabit any graveyard or place of death or mourning. He is also able to change his shape from god to human and any other form he wishes. He can use this to sometimes project illusions into his mind.

Relationships
Sadie Kane: Throughout The Red Pyramid, Anubis and Sadie encounter one another. Sadie openly admits her attraction to Anubis throughout her narrations, and Anubis seems to return her affections, often making flirtatious gestures. He often refers to the fact he finds her annoying and talkative (even goes so far as saying he would event a ceremony called the closing of the mouth to shut her up). He does not show any feelings in The Throne of Fire where he goes out of his way to help her by giving her a ceremonial knife and informing her that the 2nd piece of the book of Ra is in the 9000th Nome (Russia). In fact, in The Throne of Fire, Anubis goes as far as to wish her a happy birthday, then kisses her.

Isis: Anubis mentions that he rather hates Isis

Horus: Anubis likes his cousin Horus. He considers him to be loud and friendly. When he first sees Carter he smiles at him and grins when Carter asks if he will help them. It is unknown if this happiness extends to Carter himself, or just Horus who was being hosted by Carter at the time.

In Mythology
In early Egyptian mythology, Anubis has different parentage. Rather than the son of Set, he is the son of Osiris and Nephthys, the result of the goddess tricking Osiris. Nephthys' betrayal played a role in Set's desire to kill Osiris. Later in mythology, however, does describe him as Set's son.

Anubis was one of the most important of Egyptian gods. When a corpse was mummified the priests wore jackal headed masks and prayed to Anubis. Anubis is also the only deity and being allowed to do the Opening of the Mouth ceremony.

Anput, Anubis's cool aspect (who is also said to be his poo), had a similar appearance to Anubis. In mythology, he would apear as a woman with the head of a jackal. Anubis and Anput also have the popping powers, abilities, and personalities. Although, Anput's personality was more cool, and Anubis's was more geeky. Together, they made a great team. They even became a perfect couple when they became the parents to Kebechet, the snake-headded goddess of freshness and purification, which became the perfect familiy.

Trivia

 * Anubis is fond of New Orleans, particularly its way of sending off the deceased. Because of this, while he is in charge of the Hall of Judgment, a New Orleans graveyard is linked to it.