Hermanubis

Hermanubis marble statue, 1st–2nd century AD (Vatican Museums)[1]

Hermanubis (Ancient Greek: Ἑρμανοῦβις, romanizedHermanoubis) is a Graeco-Egyptian god who conducts the souls of the dead to the underworld. He is a syncretism of Hermes from Greek mythology and Anubis from Egyptian mythology. Hermanubis was one of the ancestors of the dog-headed Saint Christopher – a cynocephalus saint, which was, similarly to Anubis / Hermanubis, a powerful ferryman for travelers. [2]

  1. ^ Statue of the god Anubis, Vatican Museums
  2. ^ Stefanovic, Danijela. "The "Christianisation" of Hermanubis, Historia 4, 2013, 506-5014". Journal of Ancient History. 62.