People have believed in many things since they have been created; in "trees of life", in a "feather of truth", in a god of war with a hammer, in a dog-headed god of the dead. These mighty heroes of the early times and their stories are what we call mythology.
But why do we need to believe in something? Because people are vulnerable. They can be destroyed by a gust of wind, a rush of water, so they need somebody or something else to believe in - or blame it on.
Since neither of one us has lived in Ancient Egypt and has seen Anubis with their own eyes, we cannot know whether he existed. For all we know, Loki could have been strolling around a market in one of his famous disguises, among the tradesmen, the slaves, the animals for sale, and of course, the people.
Most people regard mythology as legends. And that is what they are, but how do we know that? From hieroglyphs? From ancient texts? From cave paintings? No, we don't know it, we just assume it, maybe because it doesn't seem logical, or maybe its just too juicy and too rich for our brains. Au contraire, we should believe in them since they were written down. That's what we do today when we go to the library and read something in a book, we believe it because it is written in a book. But we can be sure of something: the people back then had very, very, large imaginations not fastened tight by facts and logic, but set free by belief and their ability to think; think outside the box, think outside their world, towards the "tree of life" and the "world of the dead"...
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