eternal life represented by,1:43–44,1: 248
good fortune in life after death and,1: 59
House of Life concept and,1:59–60
as key to immortality,1: 61
Kwa Ba relationship with,1: 373
as life or force that generates living,1: 59
original meaning theories of,1: 59
Tutankhamen and,1: 61
unknown origin of,1: 59
water sign of,1: 264
widespread use of,1: 61
Anoky, Okomfo,2: 469
Anubis, 1:61–63
alternate names of,1: 63
Ausar’s death and resurrection and,1: 62
inBook of the Dead,1:61–62
caring and nurturing god of,1: 61
characteristics of,1:62–63
God of noble lineage of,1: 61
the God’s role and,1:61–62
Horus combined with,1: 63
Jackal symbolism and,1:57,1:62,2: 710
judgment of the Dead and their
fate by,1: 61
Kabechet daughter of,1: 63
Kemetic/Egyptian Anpu, Jackal-headed god of
the dead and,1:61–63,1: 62
lineage of,1: 63
patronages of,1: 63
summer solstice and,2: 710
Tongue of Great Balance and,1: 62
Wepwawet and,2:710–711
Anukis, 1:63–64
as giver of fertile soil,1: 64
as great temple of Elephantine deity,1: 64
Nebhet and Neith and,1: 64
Nile River patron deity of,1: 63
Apep, 1:64–65
as god of dissolution, destruction, and
nonbeing,1: 64
no respect for humans by,1: 64
nothing needed from natural world by,1: 64
Ra adversary to,1:64–65
Seth, god of chaos and,1: 65
snake symbolism of,1: 64
Apisbull,1:65–67
as Ausar on Earth,1:66,1:86,1: 141
as Ba of Ausar (Osiris),1: 86
great festival of the black one and,1: 67
healing powers of,1: 67
Heru (Horus) and,1: 141
identification marks of,1:65,2: 461
as incarnate of a god,1: 65
king before the Apis Bull and,1: 66
Mennefer location of,1:66,1: 67
a new Apis and,1: 67
as oracle,2: 497
origin of,1:66–67
Ptah depicted as,2: 544
See alsoSerapis
Apuleius, 1:67–68
Isis (Auset) described by,1: 67
Metamorphoses (The Golden Ass)written by,
1:67–68
Platonic philosophy interest of,1: 67
Asamando, 1:69
Akan life cycle and,1:69,2: 638
as ancestral world or land of the spirits,
1:41,1: 69
beneath the Earth location of and,1: 69
sunsum transition to,1:69,2: 638
Asante, Molefi K.
African language usage and,1: 267
Afrocentric movement and,1: 187
cultural relocation work of,1:187–188
Popular Traditional African Religion
Everywhere (PTARE) concept of,1:xxii,
1: 107
Asante(Ashanti),1:69–70
Adae “resting place” festival of Akan and,
1:6–7
Adae “resting place” festival of the Akan
and,2: 579
of Akan family or clan,1: 23
Amokye guardian of the threshold of death
and,1:41–43
Ananse and,1:44–45
ancestor role importance and,1: 71
animatism of the king belief and,1: 57
Asantehene (paramount ruler) and,1: 6
British conflict with,1: 70
ceremonies for ancestors of,1: 51
Denkyira Nation conflict with,1: 70
fertility dolls of,2: 541
funerals of kings of,1: 50
geographic location of,1:69–70
Golden Stool (Sika Dwa) symbol of,1:6,1:70,
1:72–73
heroes and war of,1: 51
immortal soul belief of,1: 71804 Index