Ammit the representative of divine punishment

Ammit the representative of divine punishment

Ammit m-mwt the devourer of those who commit or intend to commit evil has the ability to draw out and absorb life force The hieroglyphic symbol of Ammit begins with the letter A "arm" followed by the letter M Ammit has two owl symbols. The hieroglyphic symbol of Ammit begins with the letter A followed by the letter M symbolizing two owls. The first owl represents death and the second owl may represent a double death or a second death The owl represents grief devouring the dead as the verb "swallow" and mwt means "dead man" and the letter T represents the semicircular symbol similar to the natural motif of the half-circle of the sun Its meaning perhaps similar to Maat in this world and the next is recorded during the ancient

 

Hunefer's Book of the Dead detail top register

Egyptian Empire and remains are found in the Pyramid Texts The spirit is represented by two names Ka and Ba This two owl symbol serves as a reminder of the devouring of the hearts of the dead judged unrighteous From the Ani Papyrus The fox-headed Anubis Ammit stands ready to devour a heart if it fails the test The ibis-headed Thoth who recorded the results of the test shows the heart being weighed on the scales of Maat against the Feather of Truth Guardian demons were tied to specific locations their appearance depending on their animal or human hybridity incorporating various characteristics to distinguish them from the gods During the New Kingdom gods and demons were divided by the presence of a cult or center of demon worship in Egyptian religion with supernatural powers and roles Ammit 

Egyptian Book of the Dead Anubis Ammit 'Devourer of the Damned and Thoth

"the devourer of the dead" was seen during the weighing of the heart usually near the scales awaiting the results The ancient Egyptian goddess had the head of a crocodile the largest of the three cannibalistic animals with the forelegs of a lion and the hind legs of a hippopotamus Meanwhile a papyrus of Nes-Min circa 300–250 BC from the Ptolemaic period depicts Ammit with the head of a crocodile and the body of a dog. Also during the Third Intermediate Period around the 21st Dynasty on a funerary papyrus in a scene where Ammit appears with the other Egyptian gods in the Duat waiting to be able to consume the heart of the deceased, a transformation has occurred or they have become soulless and trapped in a Duat similar to the burning of the heart in the Book of the Dead