Strange creatures over-running Nokandoo
As a result of popular fiction like the Scorpion King, Anubis gets a bad rap as the epitome of evil. Anubis, easily recognizable as an anthropomorphized jackal or dog, was the Egyptian god of the afterlife and mummification. He helped judge souls after their death and guided lost souls into the afterlife.
Therefore, Anubis was not evil but rather one of the most important gods who kept evil out of Egypt. In some stories Anubis is the son of Set and Nephthys, and is assumed to have the power to change appearance, either that of a jackal or a man with a jackal head.
He is often confused with either Set because they both have a jackal-like appearance or as the god of the dead which is Osiris.
Anubis is the Greek rendering of this god’s Egyptian name Anapa (jnpw). He was the guardian of the tombs and is associated with death and life after death in the religion of ancient Egypt. Anubis is also described as the lord of the necropolis and patron of embalmers, and from the late Old Kingdom is depicted as a large black canid lying on his stomach, possibly a jackal or a wild dog.
Egyptian Book of the Dead c. 1275 bce : Anubis weighing the soul of the scribe Ani.
In the Early Dynastic period and the Old Kingdom, he enjoyed a preeminent (though not exclusive) position as lord of the dead, but he was later overshadowed by Osiris. His role is reflected in such epithets as “He Who Is upon His Mountain” (i.e., the necropolis), “Lord of the Sacred Land,” “Foremost of the Westerners,” and “He Who Is in the Place of Embalming.
A scene from a wooden Egyptian sarcophagus depicting Anubis, the god of mummification and the afterlife. c. 400 BCE
His particular concern was with the funerary cult and the care of the dead; hence, he was reputed to be the inventor of embalming, an art he first employed on the corpse of Osiris. In his later role as the “conductor of souls.”
Anubis Warriors With Spears
Anubis Warriors With Bows
Anubis Warriors With Spears
Anubis Jackal Standards
Really interesting information. That terrain is amazing!!!!
Really enjoyed this post, Dave! 🙂 Definitely nice figures and scenery!
Yep what the two gentlemen above said just about covers what I was going to say 😀.
(Oh but doesn’t the Rock look young in that picture!)
Cheers Roger.
Damn, Roger, Mike and John said what I was going to say! Ok, ditto from the USA!
Thanks Roger, Mike, John and Mark I have about another twenty tiles that include more dwellings, an Oasis, a river mouth and river tiles, and a bazaar. It works really well for pulp fiction games. The figures have come up well and with the Bastet figures posted earlier and a lot of cultists I have painted a few years ago there are more than enough “terrors” for the good guys to worry about. I hope Nokandoo will be the scene of many a tabletop adventure to come.
It is amazing how the narrative around Nokandoo has developed from unconnected game to unconnected game. I now have a number of European adventures fighting over the wealth of Nokandoo, and the “Ghost Who Walks” and Tarzan and Jane have made guest appearances. It has also been the scene of a knock out cricket competition interspersed by various skulduggery and shenanigans, and in the jungle on the other side of the river lives a dark and foreboding creature that looks like he would be more settled with Fay Wray in the palm of his hand! Maybe we might even see a large dinosaur like creature come out of the river Denial to fight him!
It is a bit like when I was growing up we used to take 5p to the movie theatre. Threepence to see the Lone Ranger, Jungle Jim, Buck Rogers, and Tarzan serials, and the other 2p to buy a choc top ice-cream. We will have to wait and see what the next thrilling episode Nokandoo has to offer.
Great pot Pig,even though I used some on one of the dioramas I didn’t know much about them! so now I know cheers mate!
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