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Wikipedia article'Anubis' is a 2002 fantasy novel written by Libyan author Ibrahim Kuni which tends to revolve around mythologies, incest, patricide, animal metamorphosis, and human sacrifice, in addition to the Tuareg folklore about Anubis. == Main idea and plot == A child from Tuareg living between "myths" realises he does not know some secrets. It was not until he yelled the word "Ayla", a religious word belonging to the Tuaregs, that everyone around him was shocked that he uttered the "prophecy", and that his nanny started teaching him other types of words, like "wa", meaning the newborn, "ma", meaning mother nature, "ba", the father or soul, and "ragh", meaning "god" or "sun". However, he also realises that he can get into severe depressions that can make him run away from all these words, to gather some calmness out at the desert. He would hear "myths" about how fathers are never meant to be with their families because they are similar to "gods in the sky" where they only appear as ghosts or should not even appear at all. Declaring that he is not convinced, he goes off to the west on a life-threatening quest onto the desert to find this father whom he only recognises as a shadow from his childhood. However, the spirits' world gets angry and tests his resolve. For a period, he is rewarded with the Eden of a lost oasis, but later, as new settlers come in, the destiny mimics the rise of human civilization. Over the sands and the years, the hero is chased by a lover who grows to become a sibyl-like priestess. The novel ends with Tuareg sayings collected by the author in his search for the historical Anubis from matriarchs and sages during trips to Tuareg encampments, and from inscriptions in the ancient Tifinagh script in caves and on tattered manuscripts. == Quotes "The message of every life is happiness. And the life of every message is sacrificing happiness".
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Researcher, Manal Abu Shuereb, argues that the title of the novel is "one of the most significant forms of modern titling revolving around mythology and symbolism". . ( ). , 2021.
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