Bubis
Bubis is a name that appears in a minority of ancient Egyptian texts and in later scholarly literature as an epithet or variant identification of a jackal-headed deity connected with mummification and the afterlife. In most contexts, the god is known as Anubis (Egyptian Inpw). Some scholars treat Bubis as an alternative regional form or an earlier manifestation of the same deity, while others suggest Bubis may have been a distinct local deity later merged with Anubis. The evidence is limited and interpretations vary.
As in the familiar Anubis tradition, Bubis is associated with funerary rites, the protection of tombs, and
The Bubis identity is most clearly attested in late periods of Egyptian history and in Graeco-Roman-era sources,
Today, Bubis is primarily of interest to scholars studying the diversity of divine identities in ancient Egypt.