Ammit
Ammit is an Egyptian deity who resides in the underworld and consumes people/souls. If a person's heart appears heavy and filled with burdens, then it is to be fed to Ammit, therefore giving the heart a second death and no admittance into immortality with Osiris. She appears on top of and her feather on one side of the scale against which the heart of the deceased is weighed to establish whether he is to die a second death by being devoured by Ammit, or may proceed to the afterlife.
↻ synthesized from 11 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2022
- Historical notes
- Appears in funerary texts from the Old Kingdom period.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Osiris, Anubis, Amikuk, Amaburakosagi, Amala, Amamehagi, Amanojaku, Amarok, Amarum, Amazake-babaa, Amemasu, Amhuluk, Amorōnagu, Anak, Androsphinx, Anqa, Ani Hyuntikwalaski, Ankou, Anmo, Antero Vipunen, Anzû, Ao, Ao Ao, Aobōzu, Apkallu, Apsaras, Aqrabuamelu, Ardat-lilî, Aralez, Archura, Argus Panoptes, Arikura-no-baba, Arimaspi, Arkan Sonney, Asag, Asakku, Asanbosam, Asena, A-senee-ki-wakw, Ashi-magari, Asiman, Askefrue, Ask-wee-da-eed, Asobibi, Asrai, Astomi, Aswang, Atomy, Ato-oi-kozō, Atshen, Auvekoejak, Awa-hon-do, Taweret, Ipet, Thoth, Ma'at, Shezmu, The Seizer of Heads, The One with his head raised, The One Above the Redness, Shezmetet, Khonshu, Atum, Meretseger, Mehet-Weret, Khensit, Mafdet, Meskhenet, Iunit, Raet-tawy, Beset, Anat, Kebechet, Nebethetepet, Iusaaset, Qed-her, Nehmetawy, Abaset, Khereduankh, Baalat Gebal, Hatmehit, Henet, Pelican, Iabet, Iat, Meret, Nehbet-anet, Ay, Nebtuwi, Ahmose-Nefertari, Ahti, Amathaunta, Amn, Anet, Anhefta, Anit, Anuke, Aperet-Isis, Bairthy, Besna, Esna, Hedetet, Heptet, Heret-Kau, Hert-ketit-s, Hert-Nemmat-Set, Hert-sefu-s, Heru-pa-kaut, Heset, Hetepes-Sekhus, Iaret, Ipy, Iw, Ken, Khefthernebes, Matit, Nakith, Perit, Pesi, Qerhet, Rekhit, Ma'at, Ashura, Aaru, angels, Amesemi, Mehit, Qetesh, Astarte, Ištar
- manifests as
- Am-heh
- manifested by
- Ammut
- has aspect
- Am-heh
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Iain Bamforth discusses how the Egyptian deity Ammit resides in the underworld and consumes people/souls. Anubis would take the heart of a person in the afterlife and weigh it on the scales of justice. If the heart doesn't weigh down the scales, then they can carry on in the afterlife, but if the heart appears heavy”
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“Ammit (Ancient Egyptian) – Female demon who was part lion, hippopotamus and crocodile and devoured the souls of the wicked.”
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“However, Taweret and her fellow hippopotamus goddesses of fertility should not be confused with Ammit, another composite hippopotamus goddess who gained prominence in the New Kingdom. Ammit was responsible for devouring the unjust before passing into the afterlife.”
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“Souls heavier than a feather would be devoured by Ammit, and souls lighter than a feather would ascend to a heavenly existence.”
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“Saba Mubarak portrays Ammit in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) television series Moon Knight (2022). In the Mummies Alive! cartoon series, the main villain Scarab accidentally summons Ammut, and she sticks around. In Rick Riordan's series The Kane Chronicles, Ammit is portrayed.”
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