Hermanubis

Hermanubis

Romans and Greeks sought to make their cultus accord with that of the Egyptians. Thus, Anubis of the Egyptians was confounded with Mercury of the Romans or Hermes of the Greeks, and thus there originated the compound word Hermanubis-Mercury being represented with the snake- staff, in human form, but with a dog's head, and to designate still closer the country of his worship, with a crocodile at his feet. SEE ANUBIS.