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Myths featuring The Deceased

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Ammit the Devourer Eating the Heavy Hearts of the Wicked

🏺 Egyptian MythologyHall of Two Truths (Abydos Proxy), EgyptAmmit • Anubis • Thoth

Ammit is the terrifying funerary deity of Ancient Egypt who sits beside the Scales of Justice in the Hall of Two Truths. As a hybrid monster with the head of a crocodile, the body of a lion, and the hindquarters of a hippopotamus, she serves as the final executioner of the soul. If a deceased person's heart is found to be heavier than the Feather of Ma'at, Ammit devours it, casting the...