Anubite

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The Anubite was a servant of the god Anubis, is said to take upon his form and protect the dwellings of Pharaohs, and dwell within the Valley of the Kings protecting the final resting place of the Pharaohs. Anubites were fabled to be a creature composed half of a man and half of a jackal. The priests used the clothes of an anubite in a mummification.

Anubites can be created as a myth unit in the computer game Age of Mythology, after worshipping Anubis, the unit will be useable. Their ability is to leap into enemy soldiers. They are also featured in the film The Mummy Returns with the name "Anubis Warrior". The Anubis Warriors are an army owed by the Scorpion King.

Anubis' priests, the "Stm", wore jackal masks during the mummification rituals.

We, known as the Jackals, the priests of Anubis, are the guardians of their glorious tombs, or their humble graves. We are the keepers of the dead. We are the servants of Anubis. We are Cynopolis. Chapter of the Dead, Book of Ma'at