Anubis

[Henry M]

Yeah. Aside from that literal interpretation. Sure the boat is 
Gotterdamerungische (sic?), but the beetle doesn't seem jackal-headed 
to me.Perhaps requires  more Egyptian mythology than I recall.

On  3 Mar 97 at 21:05, Bill Burns wrote:

> At 09:39 PM 3/3/97 -0500, Henry wrote:
> 
> >Does anybody know about the word "anubis?" Seems there is a large
> >bodied beetle "Megasoma anubis." I don't have a Pynchon fact sheet
> >handy.
> 
> You mean aside from the role of Anubis as the jackal-headed Egyptian
> god who led the deceased to judgment? I only know what I've read in
> the standard mythology texts--the inventor of embalming, sometimes
> identified with Hermes.
> 
> So does this creature deliver large bodies? <g,d,r>
> 
> 
> wdburns at micron.net
> "There are three kinds of people in this world: those who can count
> and those who can't."
> 

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