Anubis (Stargate)

Anubis is a fictional character in the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1. He is one of the Goa'uld, the dominant evil alien race in the galaxy. Like most powerful Goa'ulds, he has assumed (and, possibly, was the origin of) a deific persona from early Earth mythologies, in his case the Anubis of Egyptian Mythology.

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Science fiction - Television series - Stargate SG-1 - Goa'uld - Earth - Anubis - Egyptian Mythology

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Anubis, due to his existence as pure spirit and consciousness, is seen only through character, and never truly through appearance. As such, he has been played by several different actors including David Palffy, Dean Aylesworth, Rik Kiviaho and George Dzundza. Palffy previously played Sokar in Stargate SG-1, another extremely powerful Goa'uld who was considered far worse than the majority of his race.

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David Palffy - Dean Aylesworth - Rik Kiviaho - George Dzundza - Sokar - Stargate SG-1 - Goa'uld

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Goa'uld are small snake-like parasitic beings that can burrow into the brains of most sentient species in the galaxy; their current choice for hosts are humans. As such, all Goa'uld look human on the surface. Anubis is an exception to this due to his semi-ethereal existence.

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Commanding vast legions of Jaffa warriors and space-faring attack vessels (Ha'taks), Anubis is regarded as a System Lord, meaning that he is one of the few most powerful of all Goa'uld. His main contenders are Baal and other similar false deities. In general, their position as 'Gods' makes the warriors of the System Lords perfectly loyal. All System Lords are enemies, though they only occasionally battle, more often battling with SG-1 and the SGC of Earth, who are assigned, by the President of the United States, to tackle enemies such as Anubis who are bent on galactic domination.

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Jaffa - Ha'tak - System Lord - Goa'uld - Baal - SG-1 - SGC - Earth - President of the United States

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Anubis appears as a shadowy hooded figure wearing a large black cloak. Instead of a human face, all that can be seen under the hood is a shifting energy field similar to the event horizon of the Stargate. This is because Anubis, as spirit, cannot hold a form, and must use a complex forcefield to give him shape within his cloak. Later in the series, Anubis begins to possess other bodies for his shape.

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While all Goa'uld are megalomanic, egotistical and arrogant, Anubis is cleverer than most, and has a sound mind for complexity and convoluted schemes. Notably, he is also infamous for being even more melodramatic than the rest of the Goa'uld, causing Colonel O'Neill to remark at one point, "Oh, come on. Who talks like that?"

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Goa'uld - Melodrama - Colonel - O'Neill

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Interestingly, Anubis and the things dealing with him have a marked similarity to Darth Vader and Star Wars. From various indications within the show, this is apparently intended to be humorous.

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Darth Vader - Star Wars

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