Egyptian Gods

Ammit was an ancient Egyptian funerary deity. The name Ammit also spelled as Ammut, Amhemit, Ammet, Amam or Amemet. Her name translated as “Devourer”, but could also be the chilling “Bone Eater”. Ammit was referred as a devourer of the wicked.

According to myth, Ammit sat beside the scale of Ma’at in the Hall of Two Truths awaiting the judgement of the deceased that passed through there. In the Hall of Two Truths, the hearts of the dead ones were judged by weighing one’s heart against the feather of Ma’at. If hearts of the deceased are as “light as a feather” on the scale, they were granted eternal life in the Duat which means the person had led a pure and honest life. Those hearts of the deceased that heavy, were found to be heavy with sin and unworthy to dwell in the Afterlife were devoured by Ammit.

As a demoness of punishment, she was also known as the “Eater of Hearts”, “Eater of Souls”, “The Devourer” “Devourer of Millions (Am-heh in Egyptian)” and “Great of Death”.

Her appearance depicted as a demon with the head of a crocodile, the front part of her body as a lion leopard, and the back part is in the form of a hippopotamus.

Ammit was not worshipped like other Egyptian gods, she only played her part in the funeral texts and there was no temples or cult built for her.