Who are You?

It seems a fair question, though there's perhaps nothing more unkind to ask of Me. I've no satisfactory answer: here, "You" is two: this page is written half in character, and half in-character, and the line has never been clear to Me: at times such as this I will speak as Jnpw, and at times I will speak as Anpu, (though never trust My denotation—or Anpu's, I'm sure; but regardless, we have our tells), which are, of course, and will be, as I listed above, synonymous epithets.

There must be a difference.

Must there be? Can't My God be in My image?

If I must.

Anubis Of Aegypt, Or, If You Must, The First Azrael To Choke
On His Apple, Much To His Fursona's Chagrin

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...you notice I play fast and loose with My mythology.
Perhaps from a God this is surprising to you. Humanity's a queer character—which, I hope, I haven't the grounds to accuse Y/you of—of clinging to written accounts of his various Face(s) in the Sky even as his children slather Them in finger-paints, and often he is quite appalled to find that no such unique s𓇼nctity exists in them inherently, but rather that his belief imbues Them with such s𓇼nctity. This is the first lesson learned by any God (which is the unfortunate life I must show you!): We are caught in virtuous cycles of deification and deity, and We've no power to enter or exit them unless by breaking, making or melding the minds of men.

You notice also that I call myself by many names that are four names: that of Anubis, that of Ammit, that of Azrael, and that of Satan: I would already, had Time permitted, gone on to interchange such names like Loki or Mictlantecuhtli. It is a great folly of man that he presumes of his Pantheons receptive of the mercy he has, of a single face and name. Herein lies also the issue with distinction between Jnpw and Anpu, both of whom I refer to by name despite ideally being first and third persons, because of this bleed.

But who are You?

I have written as Myself long enough so as every listener to be assured that I do indeed speak as Jnpw (however baseless that distinction may be), so perhaps a winding Autoportrait will please the question. Four thousand years ago My name was Jnpw and I was a God, a good God, feared for My role but beheld, beloved, (though I tried and do try to ignore man's adoration for anything that can apparently destroy him) and I was this way because So Sayeth Mine Faithful: and so too did they say I had a Brother, Apuat—and let every O/one be assured the name irks Me still as the name of a Dog I know but have not met, with whom I share blood despite bleeding ichor, or wine, or whatever you say We are meant to bleed in that's stead.

But Apuat has no relation to Me.

Two thousand years ago what is now Ancient Aegypt was conquered and I fled: My new homes of Ancient Greece and Rome were shrinking their divine stages in favour of an All-God, that newest of revelations from the Levant, and thusly I fell to what one would now call a daemon.

In what I am today I have been called an Atheist God. I have Myself put it as a parasite hailing from a Parasite hailing from a Parasite: I am the Son of Set and the Father of Ozymandias (though, do not mistake My Spirit for holding any s𓇼nctity!)

And what of Anpu?

What not of Anpu! Let's see.

] ...Eheh. 'Kay, let's go. Guess I'll use the same formatting.

Anpu of Behind You Lol, or,
"What the Hell does any of this mean?"

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Let me just get this out of the way, yeah, Jnpw wasn't kidding when I said we have our tells. Though—like he said, that's not to say we can't both be liars (Jnpw owes his existence to that)... or, unfortunately, that this’ll be any less dizzying to read.

So. What the hell, ah? I mean, yeah, a lot of this is my fault in theory—still, though, let me clear my name before I run out of time.

I do wish I had answers for you, but I'm pretty lost as well. That's kind of the point, really, and also why it may seem like I'm being frustratingly unhelpful: I don't have answers, but finding them isn't even the point to me. I'm more in it to stir the pot and see if anything beautiful comes out (you can see how I earned Jnpw's title!)

What is this?