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the god of tombs and weigher of the hearts of the dead: represented as having the head of a jackal.
Historical Examples

Anubis clambers up on one side, while Typhon descends on the left of the wheel.
Prophetical, Educational and Playing Cards Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer

The right half—“the well-deserved of Anubis, Usrtsn, son of Srtuy (?)”
El Kab J.E. Quibell

She sat in a hall in the underworld to hear the confessions of the dead, the door of which was guarded by Anubis.
Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt Lewis Spence

Anubis was particularly worshipped at Lycopolis, Abt, and elsewhere.
Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt Lewis Spence

The hawk face in profile was startlingly like that of Anubis as it lay against the red carpet.
The Green Eyes of Bst Sax Rohmer

The figure with the stylized jackal head was Anubis, the god of death.
The Egyptian Cat Mystery Harold Leland Goodwin

It is a picture of the Egyptian god, Anubis, who was supposed to linger at the side of the dying to conduct their souls.
The Tracer of Lost Persons Robert W. Chambers

There besides was the famous temple of the jackal-headed god, Anubis.
The Pharaoh and the Priest Alexander Glovatski

It was a fire, a languor, a sparkling limpidity which might have made even the dog-headed Anubis giddy.
One of Cleopatra’s Nights and Other Fantastic Romances Théophile Gautier

Or Anubis, a very ancient god who presided over embalming; he appears in the form of a man with the head of a dog or jackal.
The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians E. A. Wallis Budge

noun
(Egyptian myth) a deity, a son of Osiris, who conducted the dead to judgment. He is represented as having a jackal’s head and was identified by the Greeks with Hermes

jackal-headed god of Egyptian religion, from Greek Anoubis, from Egyptian Anpu.