I love the egyptian doggie~~~!!
Great work X'33

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The shading is mindblowing

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I'm going to guess that Apuat leads people - perhaps he leads spirits into the next world, spirits that would otherwise be blind? I guess this based on 1. his guide dog harness and 2. the shadows of Anubis and... is that Bast?

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Wepwawet does translate to "Opener of the Ways," and that references His role in various capacities. He was a protective God of the pharaoh, and He was also associated with war and combat (in this sense He "openes the ways" by leading people into battle), but in this case, I am showing Him in His funerary context opening the way to the afterlife.

The shadow is not of Anubis, but of Wepwawet Himself, who also appears as a jackel- or dog-headed human in Egyptian mythology. The Greeks later associated Wepwawet with the wolf, and supposedly the Egyptians sometimes represented Him with brown or grey fur instead of black fur like Anubus, but personally all ancient Egyptian depictions I have seen of Him are virtually indistinguishable from Anubis except for the hieroglyphic captions which identify Him.

I have chosen to show Him as a guide dog because that seemed like a suitable modern role Wepwawet as a canine Deity might have. Guide dogs "open the ways" for those who might otherwise have much more limited mobility. In this image, I'm linking that idea with His ancient Egyptian funerary role: not only has He guided this person throughout life, He also guides him into the afterlife, and their shadows reflect the more spiritual role Wepwawet is playing for that person.

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that's so awesome. sorry that i can't think of anything more enlightened to say; it's 12:45 and i'm beat.

but this image works well with that description you gave.

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sorry that i can't think of anything more enlightened to say; it's 12:45 and i'm beat.

That's perfectly alright! I understand completely!

I was wondering though where you saw Bast in this image...

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Oh, I saw the cat-headed human silhouette and thought "Bast? Hmm... okay. "

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I like this, very nice

Wepwawet as a guide dog? Interesting...


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