anubis

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Anubis
    n 1: Egyptian god of tombs and ruler of the underworld; usually
         depicted as a man with the head of a jackal [syn: {Anubis},
         {Anpu}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Anubis \A*nu"bis\, n. [L.] (Myth.)
   An Egyptian deity, the conductor of departed spirits to
   judgment, represented by a human figure with the head of a
   jackal, dog or fox.
   [1913 Webster]