Volume III Gods/Goddesses of Ancient Egypt

From The Alpha and the Omega - Volume III
by Jim A. Cornwell, Copyright © July 20, 2002, all rights reserved "Volume III - Gods/Goddesses of Ancient Egypt"

WEPUAT
(Wepwawet, Apuat, Upuaut, Ophois)

To return to the
Ursa Minor Decan (jackal, a wolf-like animal or a small dog),
Centaurus Decan (small jackal standing on the circle enclosing Libra may be Wepuat, "Opener of the Ways," and also called Apuat),
Denderah Decan 34-Grand Temple Decan 23 (male figure with a wolf or jackal head, Anubis worshipped as Wepuat),
Wesir (Wepwawet was an ancient canine deity, who opened up the way, and acted as a herald of Osiris),
List of Netjeru.

    Wepuat (Wepwawet, Apuat) a local diety of Znwty/Lycopolis/Asyut, depicted as a jackal or with a jackal head.    Sometimes shown dressed as a soldier and carrying his weapons.    His name means "opener of the way" and is believed to have a connection with going into battle.    His attributes are the mace and bow and he leads the royal processions carrying his standards, opening the way for pharaoh.
    Also see Khent-Amentiu (Khentamenti, Khenti-Amenti).
    The hieroglyph for a jackal is

    On the Denderah Zodiac, Ursa Minor is seen as either a jackal, a wolf-like animal or as a small dog by the thigh of Ursa Major.
    Ursa Minor seems to be standing on a ploughshare, or sickle, which is the Egyptian hieroglyph representing the letters mr, meaning, "to love."
    In "The Dawn of Astronomy" by J. Norman Lockyer, New York, The McMillian Company 1897, as seen on page 363, "With regard to Anubis, it is quite certain that seven stars in Ursa Minor make a very good jackal with pendent tail, as generally represented by the Egyptians, and that they form the nearest compact constellation to the pole of the ecliptic."

    On the Denderah Zodiac, Centaurus is seen as a small jackal standing on the circle enclosing Libra.
    Normally seen as a wolf, Anubis (Egypt. Anpu, Ano-Oobist) a son of Nephthys and either Set or Osiris.    Seen as a jackal or jackal headed man.    Anubis is associated with embalming.
    Also worshipped as "Wepuat," "Opener of the Ways," and also called Apuat.    He is sometimes seen with a rabbit’s head, conducting the souls of dead to judgment and monitored the Scales of Truth.

    As seen on "http://home.main.rr.com/ imyunnut/Den.Round.html" by Joanne Conman, "The small jackal on top of the disk (of Libra) is not identified.    It may be a pun for the word 'star.'    It may refer to an entrance to heaven, which is located in the area around Libra, by marking the place with the jackal or wolf god Wepwawet (Apuat) or 'Opener of the Ways'."

Denderah Decan 34 seen above does have a wolf headed figure on it.
In "The Witness of the Stars," by E.W. Bullinger, page 40 "Centaurus is known as the Hebrew Asmeath, meaning sin-offering (Isa. 53:10), and also the Greek Cheiron."

Grand Temple Decan 23 is a male figure with a wolf or jackal head, no crown.
It is called

Akhouy.

This file was created on June 18, 2005.

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