Maat
(West Asian mythology)
Daughter of Re and the Egyptian goddess of truth, who wore a single ostrich feather. As a personification of truth and justice her feather was placed in one pan of the balance used for weighing the soul of a dead man in the judgement before Osiris, king of the ‘other land’.
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The ancient Egyptian goddess of truth and order, whose symbol was the ostrich feather. She represented order, balance, correct attitudes and thinking, morality, and justice. She was a goddess of the underworld, sitting in judgement over the souls of the dead in the Judgment Hall of Osiris. The power of Maat was said to regulate the seasons, the movement of the stars, and the relations between men and the gods. Maat is a very ancient goddess and was found in the boat of Ra as it rose above the waters of the abyss of Nu on the first day.
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