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Visual depiction of Ammit

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Vol. II · Polytheism · death

Ammit

Egyptian devourer of souls


a composite beast with a crocodile head, lion's forequarters and hippo haunches, waiting beside the scales of Ma'at for the unworthy heart

Organization
Mixed Bronze/Iron-Age pantheons
Time period
varies
Location
varies
Archetype
death

Source attribution

This visual depiction is one of 1,947 in the archive — a creative historical rendering of how Mixed Pantheons (set 3) has expressed the divine. The depiction is interpretive, not iconographic.