Published on November 10, 2018
Amt
- Am-am
- Am-mit
- Am-mut
- Amam
- Amamat
- Amemite
- Amemite
- Ammat
- Death Eater
- Eater of the Dead
- Shadow Eater
- The Devourer of Hearts
- Devourer
- The Devourer of Amenti
- Shai
Regions of expansion
Egypt
Description
In Egyptian mythology, a monster that devours the souls of sinners, according to one version, has the body of a dog and the head of a crocodile, according to another, it is a monster with the body of a hippopotamus, lion paws and mane, the mouth of a crocodile. It lives in the Duat.
She ate a person's heart if great The Ennead pronounced a guilty verdict on him at the afterlife court Osiris in Amenti. In the tombs of the pharaohs, Ammat was depicted not as a monster, but as a protector.
