Anpu

Anubis, although not mentioned directly had to be involved and was the easiest god to track down: also known as Anpu, Anubis was the jackal-headed son of Nephthys and Osiris and the deity given the greatest duties in guiding souls to the afterlife and protecting them once they were there.

A Winter Haunting Simmons, Dan 2002

Then Anpu took the cup of cold water, in which the soul of his younger brother was; Bata drank it, his soul stood again in its place, and he became as he had been.

Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri Second series, XVIIIth to XIXth dynasty 1897

The man who, like Anpu, brought up a true Apis to the temple would receive great rewards and honours.

Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri Second series, XVIIIth to XIXth dynasty 1897

It certainly does not seem in accord with the earlier appeals to Ra, and direct action of Ra, in "Anpu and Bata."

Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri Second series, XVIIIth to XIXth dynasty 1897

In this matter I am indebted to Mr.F. Ll. Griffith, who has in some cases -- as in Anpu and Bata -- almost entirely retranslated the original papyrus.

Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri First series, IVth to XIIth dynasty 1897

Once there were two brethren, of one mother and one father; Anpu was the name of the elder, and Bata was the name of the younger.

Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri Second series, XVIIIth to XIXth dynasty 1897

Hathors comes strictly to pass in the tale of Anpu and Bata.

Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri Second series, XVIIIth to XIXth dynasty 1897

Nebhat, Mes-khent, and Hakt, of the old tale in the IVth Dynasty (see first series, p. 33); and we find in the next tale of Anpu and Bata, in the XIXth Dynasty, that the seven Hathors decree the fate of the wife of

Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri Second series, XVIIIth to XIXth dynasty 1897

On reaching the mistaken revenge of Anpu, we see the sympathy of Bata with his cattle, and his way of reading their feelings, returned to him most fittingly by the cows perceiving the presence of the treachery.

Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri Second series, XVIIIth to XIXth dynasty 1897

Perhaps none but an Egyptian or a Chinese would have credited Anpu with wandering up and down for four years seeking the lost soul.

Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri Second series, XVIIIth to XIXth dynasty 1897