Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The lives of many saints are often shrouded in mystery. St. Christopher who died as a martyr is one of the most venerated Christians saints.
Yet, there is a lot we don’t know about the man who died as a martyr. The truth is that we don’t even know if he existed in the first place.
What is even more intriguing is that in the Byzantine Museum in Athens, Greece, we come across something remarkable, something that could shed light on his identity. Here we find an icon of a Dog-Headed St. Christopher. Why is St. Christopher depicted with a dog head?
What Does Jackal God Anubis Have In Common With St. Christopher?
It’s curious because the holy Christian reminds of the Jackal God Anubis, one of the immortal Egyptian gods. In the underworld, Anubis was the protector of the dead bodies. His widely known epithet the ‘Lord of the sacred land’ or ‘Lord of the pure land’ emphasized his supreme power over desert areas covered with necropolises. Also his title ‘He who is upon his sacred mountain’ relates to the jackal god watching over the burials of the dead from the heights of the desert cliffs.
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