entity_sources: ENT_EGY_ANUBIS, SRC_PLUTARCH_ISIS_OSIRIS, direct attestation
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| entity_id | source_id | evidence_type | source_note |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENT_EGY_ANUBIS | SRC_PLUTARCH_ISIS_OSIRIS | direct attestation | Anubis is identified in De Iside et Osiride as the son of Osiris and Nephthys (not Osiris and Isis as in some other traditions); Plutarch explains his role as "the guardian who goes between the upper and lower regions" (De Iside 44); the name Anubis is given a Greek etymology; he becomes Hermanubis in the Greco-Egyptian synthesis |