Khentiamentiu   The reference to Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt by Richard H Wilkinson supports the Anubis connection On page  the book lists Anubis common titles and has an entry for Foremost of the westerners It then elaborates Because the majority of the Egyptians cemeteries were constructed on the western bank of the Nilethe symbolic direction of the setting sun and the underworldthe deceased were referred to as westerners Thus the epithet khentyimentiu foremost of the westerners refers to Anubis as leader of the dead The title was taken from the earlier canine deity of that name that Anubis superseded at Abydos