house of towing

Court of Amen 24

Here is an interpretation of the 24th glyph - the jackal stands on
the symbol for 'heave' that we also see Square 14. The ship of the
sun God was often seen as being a barge towed with ropes pulled by
strange god-like beings. Jackals and cobras-with-arms are quite
common.

They walk on the banks of a celestial stream, as if towing a barge
upriver on the Nile. See BD 15B 3 E, 89 S 2, 99, 100, 133a.

In the referenced text, the Senet player's pieces are likened to
these jackals that pull the tow-ropes of the sunboat, moving
inexorably down the final row to total victory.

By this towing, the pieces themselves acquire a life and strength of
their own. Such is their eagerness to complete their course, it now
seems that they seem to be pulling the fingers (sticks) of Fste,
rather than vice-versa.

Anubis is the Jackel-headed God of the Underworld,ruling over the mummification process and assisted with rites in the Underworld. His wife is Anput,which is a feminized version of his name, his father was Ra, the solar creator god, his mother is Hesat, Ra's wife. His sometime daughter is Kebechet, the Goddess of the purification of the organs to be placed in Canopic jars during mummification. After Osiris died and became more popular Anubis gave up being the God of the Underworld, a graceful and friendly change of the guard, but retained his position at The Weighing of the Heart. He became the Gatekeeper of the Underworld, protector of Souls traveling in the Underworld, patron of lost souls. As God not of death but of dying, he ruled over funeral rituals and practices of embalming, with the help of Nepthys and Isis.