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The literal meaning of cynocephaly is "dog-headedness"; however, that this refers to a human body with a dog head is implied. Such cynocephalics are known in mythology and legend from many parts of the world, including ancient Egypt, India, Greece, and China. Further mentions come from the medieval East and Europe.
Anubis as a jackal perched atop a tomb, symbolizing his protection of the necropolis "Anubis" is a Greek rendering of this god's Egyptian name. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Before the Greeks arrived in Egypt , around the 7th century BC, the god was known as Anpu or Inpu.
In the Indian Panchatantra stories, the jackal is mentioned as wily and wise. [17] In Bengali tantrik tradition, they represent the goddess Kali. It is said she appears as jackals when meat is offered to her. The Serer religion and creation myth posits jackals were among the first animals created by Roog, the supreme deity of the Serer people. [18]
Other species theorized include the black-backed jackal also called the silver-backed Jackal (C. mesomelas or Lupulella mesomelas) and golden jackal or Asiatic jackal (Canis aureus). The Egyptian jackal was listed as a subspecies of the golden jackal but molecular and osteological data has established that it is a unique species in its own right.
The sha is usually depicted as a slender canid, resembling a greyhound, fennec fox or a jackal, with three distinguishing features: a stiff tail, often forked at the end, which stands straight up or at an angle, whether the animal is sitting, standing, or walking; its ears, also held erect, are usually depicted as squarish or triangular, narrowest at the base and widest at the squarish tops ...
Skull of a Sri Lankan jackal with a horn. The Jackal's horn (Urdu: گیدڑ سنگھی) is a mythical boney cone-shaped excrescence which is said to occasionally grow on the skulls of golden jackals. [citation needed] It is associated with magical powers in South Asia. Despite the lack of proof for its existence it is still widely believed to ...
The Tiger, the Brahmin and the Jackal is a popular Indian folklore with a long history and many variants. The earliest record of the folklore was included in the Panchatantra , which dates the story between 200 BCE and 300 CE.
Anput is a goddess in ancient Egyptian religion.Her name is written in hieroglyphs as jnpwt (reconstructed in Middle Egyptian as /ʔan.ˈpa.wat/ or /jan.ˈpa.wat/). [1] In English, her name also is rendered as Anupet, Input, Inpewt, and Yineput. [1]