| ▲ | aboardRat4 4 hours ago | |
>>I was curious about the name: That's knowledge usually learnt in primary school. | ||
| ▲ | throw0101d 13 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | |
> That's knowledge usually learnt in primary school. Anubis may be known generally as an Ancient Egyptian god, but what he was a god of specifically is a little more obscure. I.e., what 'trait' of Anubis led the developers to choose that name? I would have thought of something 'defensive', like a shield; to use a Greek example: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegis The association of weighing (human(!)) souls is not something that would have come to my mind. | ||
| ▲ | Terr_ 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Grades 1-5 is a little hyperbolic, IIRC my "World Religions" class was probably middle/junior-high school. In any case, it's not the type of lifetime common-knowledge which warrants your scornful response. | ||
| ▲ | Rendello 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
| ▲ | j-bos 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Or scholastic book fairs (showing my age) | ||
| ▲ | theshackleford 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
> That's knowledge usually learnt in primary school. Perhaps where you reside, I’m unsure why you would believe it to be universal. | ||
| ▲ | ThrowawayTestr 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
I mean I know about the heart weighing thing but I'm pretty sure I didn't learn it in school. | ||