A scale, versus a feather.
A scale, versus a feather.
It was weighed against on a real person to feel pain what is going to haappen to them
A scale ,versus a feather
The judgment of the dead refers to the belief in many religious and spiritual traditions that individuals are evaluated after death based on their actions in life. This judgment can determine the individual's fate in the afterlife, such as whether they will go to heaven, hell, or be reincarnated. It often serves as a moral and ethical framework to guide behavior during one's lifetime.
According to the myths, your heart was weighted so you could get into the Afterlife. Your heart was put on a scale, and if it weighed more then a feather, you would not get into the Afterlife. If it weighed less then a feather, you would get into the Afterlife..
Anubis weighed the heart of the dead aginst the feather of Ma'at, the dead whom he had guided and protected in the Duat.
Ma'at with help from Thoth weighed her feather and the heart of the dead. If the heart was heavy and outweighed the feather, it would be swallowed by Ammut. If it weighed the same the soul was allowed to go on to the afterlife.
Well when you died in Egypt you went to the Hall of Judgment on one scale and the Feather of Truth in another to see if you were good when you where alive, and how much honesty you showed when you were alive. The person who weighed your heart, it was the Anubis, the god of the dead. It's a little different from the Greek Myths, but Anubis was not ruler of the Egyptian Underworld.
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.
Maat is a goddess of Ancient Egypt.Maat, with help from Thoth, weighed her feather and the heart of the dead. If the heart was heavy and outweighed the feather, it would be swallowed by Ammut. If it weighed the same, the soul was allowed to go on to the afterlife.Read more: What_does_ma'at_do
Anubis was the ancient Egyptian god of embalming the dead; as well as protector, guide and tester of the dead in the Duat (underworld). He weighed the heart of the dead against the feather of Ma'at.