Aani
deity underworld ancient Egyptian religion single tradition · 3
Aani is the ape god of equilibrium who appears in the underworld, Duat. He reports when the scales weighing the deceased's heart against the feather, representing the principle of Maat, was exactly even.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in ancient Egyptian mythology.
Relationships
- manifests as
- Thoth
- allied with
- Thoth
- co occurs with
- Hapy, Hermes Trismegistus, Gengen-Wer, Hery-maat, Banebdjedet, Harsomtus, Amu-Aa, Apesh, Am-heh, Buchis, Ba-Pef, Babi, Ha, Hemen, Hauron, Henkhisesui, Heryshaf, Aa, Abtu, Aby, Amenhotep, son of Hapu, An-a-f, An-hetep-f, Astennu, Ba, Denwen, Djebuty, Djedefhor, Djefa, Dionysus-Osiris, Dunanwi, Fetket, Hapi-Wet, Har-em-akhet, Heneb, Heqaib, Heru-Khu, Hery-sha-duat, Hez-Ur, Hraf-haf, Khonshu, Fá, Baal, Apedemak, Arensnuphis, Dedun, Ani, Ash, Harpocrates, Abu, Heka, Apophis, Andjety, Aqen, Duamutef, Bata, Hu, Akhty, Hermanubis, Aati, Duau
Mentioned by
- Khonshu
- Fá
- Baal
- Apedemak
- Arensnuphis
- Dedun
- Ani
- Ash
- Harpocrates
- Abu
- Heka
- Apophis
- Andjety
- Aqen
- Duamutef
- Bata
and 5 more
Sources
Source passages
“In the underworld, Duat, he appeared as an ape, Aani, the god of equilibrium, who reported when the scales weighing the deceased's heart against the feather, representing the principle of Maat, was exactly even.”
#19522 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In ancient Egyptian religion, Aani or Aana is the dog-headed ape sacred to the Egyptian god Thoth. "One of the Egyptian names of the Cynocephalus Baboon, which was sacred to the god Thoth."”
#20801 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Aani – A protector Ape headed god”
#24805 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5