the feather of Maat? Am unsure but I found the following - http://www.zahihawass.com/valley_of_the_mummies.htm "In these scenes we see the god Osiris on his throne while Anubis weighs the heart of the dead against the feather of Maat" -
Because I dont know, but I should. OMG I MAJORED IN COLAGE OF THIS!
The feather of Ma'at.
The feather of Ma'at.
The god Anubis
Anubis
He is the god of funerals, jackals, and death. In eygytian painyings, he shown with the head of a jackal. In eygyptian myths, he weights human hearts in the hall of judgment in the duat against the feather of truth to judge howpure the heart is.Submitted by ROAnubis was the ancient Egyptian god of mummification, and the dead on their path through the underworld.
Anubis was the ancinet Egyptian god of embalming, as well as being the protector, guide and tester of the dead in the Duat (underworld).
there was no pharaoh that weighed the hearts. According to Egyptian religion, the god Anubis weighed the heart against the feather of truth. If it was lighter, the Ka (spirit) would pass on to meet Osiris, for this meant that the heart was good.
In the earliest period of Egyptian religion Anubis was clearly the lord of the dead and Osiris the embalmed god while Anubis performed the act of embalming. Titles that were invested unto Osiris -- such as Khenty-Imentiu or "Foremost of Westerners" -- were originally Anubis's. As the drama of Osiris's death and vindication unfolded over the centuries, Anubis assumed the role of the guide who holds steady the scales on which their hearts are measured against the feather of ma'at as "He Who Counts the Hearts".
Anubis was the Egyptian god of the dead. He has the body of a man and the head of a jackal. He weighs hearts when people die, and if the person did enough good deeds, they were allowed passage into the underworld. If they were terrible people, Anubis would feed their heart to his dogs/hellhounds.
Anubis would weigh the heart of the deceased with the feather of Ma'at; if the deceased was wicked Ammit would devour him or her; if the heart balanced with the feather Osiris pronounced judgement and the deceased would be allowed to go to Aaru; Anubis would journey with them there.
The ancient Egyptian god Anubis was god of mummification, and the dead on their path through the underworld. He weighed the heart of the dead against the feather of Ma'at.
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