The name Anubis.
Anubis is the Hellenic translation of the Kemetic Name, inpw. Today, we write that Name as Yinepu (
yin NAH poo)
[7] and can alternately be translated as Anpu. The word, itself, seems to have obscure etymological origins, but the predominant theories are that the name means "Royal Child" or "puppy."
[1]Yinepu, Brother/Husband of Bast
The entire history of Kemet is littered with dual-aspecting, syncretism, pairings and triads, the idea that Yinepu is the Husband of Bast is not one for which I could find any precedent in the theology of the ancients. If anything, it appears to be a modern invention transposed from the affinity people of today's world have with their common pets: the domesticated dog and cat. However, it may be through a late Hellenic invention that we find Yinepu identified as the Brother of Bast.
Much later in Egyptian history there may have been an identification of Yinepu with Heru
[2], who was identified with Apollo by the Hellenes during a time in ancient history when Hellenic culture began to influence Kemetic. Furthermore, Bast being identified with Artemis, it would follow, then, for the Hellenes that Bast and Heru were Divine Twins, so it may have been this association that Yinepu became a sibling of Bast.
The Egyptian Grim Reaper/God of Death
This is also a relatively recent invention by those beyond the borders of Kemet. Though a chthonic deity in possession of such esteemed titles as Khenti-Amentiu, or Foremost of Westerners (the dead) and Lord of the Underworld, Yinepu was never perceived as a netjer personifying death, itself; he was never charged with the duty of taking a person's life.
Traditionally, Yinepu escorted the newly deceased through the harrowing chaos and terror of the Underworld and brought the soul of the deceased before Wesir to participate in the Weighing of the Heart.
The Eater of Souls
Yinepu was never associated with the consumption of the souls judged unworthy against the feather of Ma'at. In fact, this role was reserved exclusively for Ammut, the Devourer of Souls.
