In Egyptian mythology, Anput was regarded as Anubis’s female counterpart.
Anput was a protective funerary goddess whose name is the feminine form of Anubis’s Egyptian name, Inpu. Like Anubis, she was associated with embalming, funerary protection, and the care of the dead. Egyptian divine pairs often had masculine and feminine counterparts, and Anput fits that pattern.
Anput is especially connected with the seventeenth nome of Upper Egypt, whose capital was Cynopolis, a major center of Anubis worship. She was sometimes shown as a woman wearing the hieroglyph for that nome on her head, although surviving depictions are less common than those of Anubis.
Anput is sometimes confused with Nephthys because both goddesses had funerary associations. They are distinct figures: Nephthys was a major goddess of mourning and protection, while Anput was specifically linked as Anubis’s feminine counterpart.