Hades and Anubis are often compared as both being the gods of death for their respective cultures. However, that’s where the similarities end. Hades ruled the Greek underworld known as Tartarus with an iron fist, being cited in ancient texts as taking amusement in the suffering of the lost souls. The story of Anubis differs vastly. Anubis is from the Egyptian mythology and his domain is called the Duat, and he is known not for ruling it. Oddly enough Anubis is not the god of the underworld in Egyptian mythology. “Anubis was the jackal-headed Egyptian god of death and embalming,” says Paganism and Wicca Expert Patti Wigington. Anubis determined if a persons’ soul was worthy of admittance into the underworld. It is the job of Anubis to weigh
