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Wepwawet
In Egyptian mythology, Wepwawet ("opener of the ways"; also Upuaut, Wep-wawet, Ophois), the son of Isis, is a jackal-god of death and war, worshipped especially in Asyut (Siut). He was supposed to have opened the ways for the armies of the Pharaohs as well as the spirits of the dead. He is depicted on the shedshed, a standard that led armies to battle. Wepwawet originated in Upper Egypt, but symbolizes the unity of Upper and Lower Egypt. Wepwawet is sometimes identified with Anubis.
Originally, Osiris was the god of death, the cemetery and the underworld, but with the rise of the 12th Dynasty he was limited to the underworld and Wepwawet took over his duties as funerary god.
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