the jackal head is actually for because the jackal ate the rotting flesh of bodies. and the black color represents the color of rotting flesh and soil. Anubis rocks!! 😀

That’s Ammit, sorry for double posting. He devours the souls of the wicked. It actually says that above on the page.

Ahh, should have known. That’s interesting, thanks for sharing Risket. 🙂

Jackals were often seen roaming around cemeteries at night. That’s how they became associated with death and the underworld. They thought it was Anubis taking their souls from their dead bodies and guiding them to the underworld.

I think the Jackal is the totem for Anubis and he is generally shown with the head of a black jackal and the body of a man. I’m guessing the jackal had religious significance to the Egyptian people and eventually showed up in their ceremonial ideas.