Editing Anubis (section)

===Historical Rites and Rituals===
In contrast to real wolves which are opportunistic scavengers, Anubis was a ''protector'' of graves and cemeteries. Most ancient tombs had prayers to Anubis carved on them. There was also the name of a different canine funerary god, alluded to his protecting function because the dead were usually buried on the west bank of the Nile. Anubis took other names in connection with his funerary role, such as tpy-ḏw.f "He who is upon his mountain"; keeping guard over tombs from above, and nb-t3-ḏsr "Lord of the sacred land", which designates him as a god of the desert necropolis.

====Embalmer and Psychopomp====
As jmy-wt "He who is in the place of embalming", Anubis was associated with mummification. He was also called ḫnty zḥ-nṯr "He who presides over the god's booth", in which "booth" could refer either to the place where embalming was carried out or the pharaoh's burial chamber.

The Opening of the Mouth ceremony involved a symbolic animation of a statue or mummy by magically opening its mouth so that it could breathe and speak. This ritual was performed by a priest wearing a wooden Anubis mask. There is evidence of this ritual from the Old Kingdom to the Roman Period. Special tools were used to perform the ceremony, such as a ritual adze, an arm shaped ritual censer, a spooned blade known as a peseshkaf, a serpent-head blade, and a variety of other amulets. A calf's leg was also held up to the lips painted on the coffin.

The ancient Egyptians believed that in order for a person's soul to survive in the afterlife it would need to have food and water. The opening of the mouth ritual was thus performed so that the person who died could eat and drink again in the afterlife.

The ceremony involved up to 75 "episodes" and, in its most complete version, and you can google these.