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title="Дуат – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Дуат" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llista_de_personatges_de_la_mitologia_eg%C3%ADpcia#D" title="Llista de personatges de la mitologia egípcia – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Llista de personatges de la mitologia egípcia" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duat" title="Duat – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Duat" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a 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hreflang="es" data-title="Duat" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duato" title="Duato – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Duato" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duat" title="Duat – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Duat" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA_(%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C)" title="دوات (اسطوره‌شناسی) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دوات (اسطوره‌شناسی)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dou%C3%A2t" title="Douât – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Douât" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%91%90%EC%95%84%ED%8A%B8" title="두아트 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="두아트" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duat" title="Duat – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Duat" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duat" title="Duat – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Duat" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duat" title="Duat – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Duat" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%95%D7%90%D7%AA" title="דואת – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="דואת" data-language-autonym="עברית" 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For the evergreen tree, see <a href="/wiki/Syzygium_cumini" title="Syzygium cumini">Syzygium cumini</a>. For the aviation weather service, see <a href="/wiki/DUATS" title="DUATS">DUATS</a>. For region on Mars, see <a href="/wiki/Amenthes_quadrangle" title="Amenthes quadrangle">Amenthes quadrangle</a>.</div><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_judgement_of_the_dead_in_the_presence_of_Osiris.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/The_judgement_of_the_dead_in_the_presence_of_Osiris.jpg/513px-The_judgement_of_the_dead_in_the_presence_of_Osiris.jpg" decoding="async" width="513" height="233" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/The_judgement_of_the_dead_in_the_presence_of_Osiris.jpg/770px-The_judgement_of_the_dead_in_the_presence_of_Osiris.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/The_judgement_of_the_dead_in_the_presence_of_Osiris.jpg/1026px-The_judgement_of_the_dead_in_the_presence_of_Osiris.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2446" data-file-height="1112" /></a><figcaption>The '<a href="/wiki/Weighing_of_the_Heart" class="mw-redirect" title="Weighing of the Heart">Weighing of the Heart</a>' from the <i><a href="/wiki/Book_of_the_Dead" title="Book of the Dead">Book of the Dead</a></i> from the Papyrus of <a href="/wiki/Hunefer" title="Hunefer">Hunefer</a>, dated to the <a href="/wiki/Nineteenth_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt">19th Dynasty</a> around 1275 BCE. The deceased Hunefer is taken into the judgment hall by the deity <a href="/wiki/Anubis" title="Anubis">Anubis</a>, who weighs a portion of Hunefer's soul, <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_conception_of_the_soul" title="Ancient Egyptian conception of the soul">represented by his heart.</a> This ritual is completed with <a href="/wiki/Ammit" title="Ammit">Ammit the Devourer</a> awaiting the result, and <a href="/wiki/Thoth" title="Thoth">Thoth</a> recording. Next, the triumphant Hunefer, having passed the test, is presented by the falcon-headed <a href="/wiki/Horus" title="Horus">Horus</a> to <a href="/wiki/Osiris" title="Osiris">Osiris</a>, seated in his shrine with <a href="/wiki/Isis" title="Isis">Isis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nephthys" title="Nephthys">Nephthys</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Four_sons_of_Horus" title="Four sons of Horus">four sons of Horus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Duat</b> or <b>Tuat</b> (<a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egypt" title="Ancient Egypt">Ancient Egyptian</a>: <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_hieroglyphs" title="Egyptian hieroglyphs">Hieroglyph</a>: 𓇽 romanized: <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dw%EA%9C%A3t#Egyptian" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:dwꜣt">dwꜣt</a>) is a concept in ancient <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_mythology" title="Egyptian mythology">Egyptian mythology</a> involving death. It is most often seen as a realm where people go after they die. Due to linguistic shifts within <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egypt" title="Ancient Egypt">Ancient Egypt</a>, the <i>Duat</i> has also been called <b>Te</b> (<a href="/wiki/Coptic_language" title="Coptic language">Coptic</a>: <span lang="cop">Ⲧⲏ</span>, <small>romanized: </small><span title="Coptic-language romanization"><i lang="cop-Latn">Tē</i></span>) and <b>Amenthes</b> (<a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Greek language">Ancient Greek</a>: <span lang="grc">Ἀμένθης</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Ancient_Greek" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanization of Ancient Greek">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Ancient Greek-language romanization"><i lang="grc-Latn">Aménthēs</i></span>). </p><p>What is known of the <i>Duat</i> derives principally from funerary texts such as the <i><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Gates" title="Book of Gates">Book of Gates</a></i>, the <i><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Caverns" title="Book of Caverns">Book of Caverns</a></i>, the <i><a href="/wiki/Coffin_Texts" title="Coffin Texts">Coffin Texts</a></i>, the <i><a href="/wiki/Amduat" title="Amduat">Amduat</a></i>, and the <i><a href="/wiki/Book_of_the_Dead" title="Book of the Dead">Book of the Dead</a>,</i> among many other sources.<sup id="cite_ref-Taylor-2010-BkotDd_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Taylor-2010-BkotDd-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Faulkner-2000-EBotD_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Faulkner-2000-EBotD-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is generally is known best as a dark subterranean realm that not only houses the deceased, but a variety of <a href="/wiki/Deity" title="Deity">deities</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Common deities depicted in these texts are <a href="/wiki/Osiris" title="Osiris">Osiris</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anubis" title="Anubis">Anubis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thoth" title="Thoth">Thoth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Horus" title="Horus">Horus</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Maat" title="Maat">Maat</a> in various forms.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While all of these documents involve the <i>Duat</i>, each of them fulfilled a different <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_afterlife_beliefs" title="Ancient Egyptian afterlife beliefs">purpose</a> and depict the <i>Duat</i> in a variety of unique ways.<sup id="cite_ref-Taylor-2001-DthAftrlf_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Taylor-2001-DthAftrlf-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Duat&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This realm is most often depicted as a setting for a variety of rituals and <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_mythology" title="Egyptian mythology">mythological</a> events, especially the journey and judgment of the soul after death<sup id="cite_ref-:02_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the nightly rebirth of the sun god <a href="/wiki/Ra" title="Ra">Ra</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Duat</i> is divided into sections by <a href="/wiki/Gate_deities_of_the_underworld" title="Gate deities of the underworld">twelve guarded gates</a> that represent each hour of the night and are closely associated with the journey of Ra and prominently feature <a href="/wiki/Osiris" title="Osiris">Osiris</a>, god of the <i>Duat</i> and personification of rebirth.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Coffin_of_Gua.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Coffin_of_Gua.jpg/220px-Coffin_of_Gua.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Coffin_of_Gua.jpg/330px-Coffin_of_Gua.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Coffin_of_Gua.jpg/440px-Coffin_of_Gua.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="667" /></a><figcaption>The <i>Book of Two Ways,</i> a <i><a href="/wiki/Coffin_Texts" title="Coffin Texts">Coffin Text</a>,</i> depicts a map like image of the Duat, seen as two pathways in the right middle of this coffin.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Geography">Geography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Duat&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> To connect this realm to the material world, burial chambers formed touching-points between the mundane world and the <i>Duat</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Pinch-1994-Magic_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pinch-1994-Magic-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As such, the west bank of the <a href="/wiki/Nile" title="Nile">Nile</a> was associated with the dead and <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_funerary_practices" title="Ancient Egyptian funerary practices">funeral barges</a> would mimic the sun god Ra's journey through the sky during the day.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To further this connection, the <i>Duat</i> is often described as having many realistic features such as rivers, islands, fields, paths, and lakes. Although, texts also describe fantastic lakes of fire, walls of iron, and trees of turquoise.<sup id="cite_ref-Taylor-2010-BkotDd_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Taylor-2010-BkotDd-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These lands are described as being dark and were partitioned with a series of gates, and mostly identified as Shetit, a dangerous land translated as 'The Beyond.'<sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Descriptions of the <i>Duat</i> often follow this same theme with titles such as 'The Hidden Place,' described as a region where mortals and the divine are absent;<sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 'Road of the Secret Things of Re-stau,' a road that Ra passes in his nightly journey.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BD_Field_of_Hotep.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/BD_Field_of_Hotep.jpg/416px-BD_Field_of_Hotep.jpg" decoding="async" width="416" height="305" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/BD_Field_of_Hotep.jpg/624px-BD_Field_of_Hotep.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/BD_Field_of_Hotep.jpg/832px-BD_Field_of_Hotep.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2633" data-file-height="1930" /></a><figcaption><i>A'aru</i>, 'The Field of Reeds' from the Papyrus of Ani </figcaption></figure> <p>Important locations pertaining to the deceased would be 'The Hall of Truth,' often depicted alongside the '<a href="/wiki/Weighing_of_the_Heart" class="mw-redirect" title="Weighing of the Heart">Weighing of the Heart</a>' ritual in <i>Books of the Dead</i> and mentioned in the sixth hour of Ra's journey.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> If the dead are found virtuous, they will be permitted to dwell in <a href="/wiki/Aaru" title="Aaru"><i>A'aru</i></a>, also known as 'The Field of Reeds'.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is described as a paradise where the dead could live their former life with their loved ones without pain or suffering. Harvest of crops is often featured in depictions of <i>A'aru</i> as it was believed that that the harvests were never poor and the land in eternal Spring.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Deities">Deities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Duat&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Deities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are hundreds of different divinites of varying importance related to the <i>Duat</i> throughout time with the most referenced being: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Osiris" title="Osiris">Osiris</a>, who was believed to be the lord of the realm and personifies rebirth and the afterlife. In <a href="/wiki/Osiris_myth" title="Osiris myth">his own mythology</a>, he himself is reborn after his brother <a href="/wiki/Set_(deity)" title="Set (deity)">Seth</a> slays him and Osiris's wife, <a href="/wiki/Isis" title="Isis">Isis</a> partially revives him. He is depicted as a man with green skin partially wrapped in bandages.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anubis" title="Anubis">Anubis</a>, son of Osiris and <a href="/wiki/Nephthys" title="Nephthys">Nephthys</a>, who weighs the heart of the deceased. His domains also cover the <a href="/wiki/Embalming" title="Embalming">embalming</a> and mummification process as well as acting to guide souls to the <i>Duat</i> upon death. He is depicted with the black head of a canine, most often assumed to be a <a href="/wiki/Jackal" title="Jackal">jackal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thoth" title="Thoth">Thoth</a>, who records the verdict of the 'Weighing of the Heart'. He is most often depicted as an <a href="/wiki/Ibis" title="Ibis">Ibis</a> headed man with a stylus and tablet.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horus" title="Horus">Horus</a>, son of Osiris and Isis, who protects Ra during his journey through the <i>Duat</i> and is heir to Osiris.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ani_chap125.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Ani_chap125.jpg/250px-Ani_chap125.jpg" decoding="async" width="179" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Ani_chap125.jpg/330px-Ani_chap125.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Ani_chap125.jpg/500px-Ani_chap125.jpg 2x" data-file-width="631" data-file-height="377" /></a><figcaption>The 42 Judges of Ma'at who sit as jury during the 'Weighing of the Heart.' </figcaption></figure></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maat" title="Maat">Ma'at</a>, who is both the goddess of order and the conception of order, balance and truth itself. She is the feather that is weighed against the heart in the 'Weighing of the Heart' ritual.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ammit" title="Ammit">Ammit</a>, of whom eats the hearts and souls of those who cannot pass the 'Weighing of the Heart' ritual. She is often depicted near the scales in <i>Books of the Dead</i> with the face of a crocodile, the mane and front half of a lion, and the hindquarters of a hippopotamus.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_15-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ra" title="Ra">Ra</a>, god of the sun who must journey through the <i>Duat</i> every night to be reborn every morning.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_15-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apep" title="Apep">Apep</a>, the personification of darkness and true chaos who attempts to devour Ra and bring about eternal chaos.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_15-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mythological_Significance">Mythological Significance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Duat&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Mythological Significance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Housing_of_Souls/_Afterlife"><span id="Housing_of_Souls.2F_Afterlife"></span>Housing of Souls/ Afterlife</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Duat&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Housing of Souls/ Afterlife"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_afterlife_beliefs" title="Ancient Egyptian afterlife beliefs">Ancient Egyptian afterlife beliefs</a></div> <p>In order to receive judgement the dead journeyed through the various parts of the Duat to be judged. If the deceased was successfully able to pass various challenges, then they would reach the <i>Judgment of the dead</i>. In this ritual, the deceased's first task was to correctly address each of the forty-two <a href="/wiki/Assessors_of_Maat" title="Assessors of Maat">Assessors of Maat</a> by name, while reciting the sins they did not commit during their lifetime.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After confirming that they were sinless, the heart of the deceased was weighed by <a href="/wiki/Anubis" title="Anubis">Anubis</a> against the feather of <a href="/wiki/Maat" title="Maat">Maat</a>, which represents truth and justice. Any heart that is heavier than the feather failed the test, and was rejected and eaten by <a href="/wiki/Ammit" title="Ammit">Ammit</a>, the devourer of souls, as these people were denied existence after death in the Duat. The souls that were lighter than the feather would pass this most important test, and would be allowed to travel to Aaru. </p><p>The <i>Duat</i> is not equivalent to the conceptions of <a href="/wiki/Hell" title="Hell">Hell</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Abrahamic_religions" title="Abrahamic religions">Abrahamic religions</a>, in which souls are condemned with fiery torment. The absolute punishment for the wicked, in ancient Egyptian thought, was the denial of an afterlife to the deceased, ceasing to exist in the intellectual form seen through the devouring of the heart by Ammit.<sup id="cite_ref-Pinch-1994-Magic_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pinch-1994-Magic-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Journey_of_the_Sun">Journey of the Sun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Duat&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Journey of the Sun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Book_of_Gates_Barque_of_Ra_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Book_of_Gates_Barque_of_Ra_cropped.jpg/250px-Book_of_Gates_Barque_of_Ra_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Book_of_Gates_Barque_of_Ra_cropped.jpg/330px-Book_of_Gates_Barque_of_Ra_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Book_of_Gates_Barque_of_Ra_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="355" data-file-height="215" /></a><figcaption><i>Af</i> or <i>Afu</i> (commonly known as <i>Afu-Ra</i>), the ram-headed form of Ra when traveling the <i>Duat</i> on the subterrestrial <a href="/wiki/Nile" title="Nile">Nile</a> (the 12 hours of night and the underworld) on the <i>Mesektet</i> barque along with <a href="/wiki/Sia_(god)" title="Sia (god)">Sia</a> (left and front of barque) and <a href="/wiki/Heka_(god)" title="Heka (god)">Heka</a> (right and behind of barque), surrounded by the protective coiled serpent deity <a href="/wiki/Mehen" title="Mehen">Mehen</a>.</figcaption></figure><p>Each night Ra travelled through the <i>Duat</i>, bringing revivification to the dead as their main benefit. When in the underworld he was in his <a href="/wiki/Ovis_longipes_palaeoaegyptiacus" class="mw-redirect" title="Ovis longipes palaeoaegyptiacus">ram</a>-headed form Af. Ra travelled under the world upon his <a href="/wiki/Atet" class="mw-redirect" title="Atet">Atet</a> barge from west to east; on the course of the underground journey, he was transformed from his aged <a href="/wiki/Atum" title="Atum">Atum</a> form into his young <a href="/wiki/Khepri" title="Khepri">Khepri</a> form – the new dawning sun. The role of the dead king, worshiped as a god, was also central to the mythology surrounding the concept of Duat, often depicted as being identical with Ra.<sup id="cite_ref-Weigal-2005-05-27-Guide_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weigal-2005-05-27-Guide-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Along with the sun god the dead king travelled through the Duat, the Kingdom of Osiris, using the special knowledge he was supposed to possess, which was recorded in the <a href="/wiki/Coffin_Texts" title="Coffin Texts">Coffin Texts</a>, that served as a guide to the hereafter not just for the king but for all deceased. According to the <i><a href="/wiki/Amduat" title="Amduat">Amduat</a></i>, the underworld consists of twelve regions signifying the twelve hours of the sun god's journey through it, battling <a href="/wiki/Apep" title="Apep">Apep</a> in order to bring order back to the earth in the morning; as his rays illuminated the Duat during the journey, they revived the dead who occupied the underworld and let them enjoy life after death during that hour of the night when they were in the presence of the sun god, after which they resumed their sleep, waiting for the god's return the following night.<sup id="cite_ref-Taylor-2001-DthAftrlf_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Taylor-2001-DthAftrlf-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Differences_in_Sources">Differences in Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Duat&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Differences in Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Coffin_Texts" title="Coffin Texts">Coffin Texts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amduat" title="Amduat">Amduat</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Book_of_the_Dead" title="Book of the Dead">Book of the Dead</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Weighing_of_the_Heart.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/The_Weighing_of_the_Heart.svg/330px-The_Weighing_of_the_Heart.svg.png" decoding="async" width="290" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/The_Weighing_of_the_Heart.svg/500px-The_Weighing_of_the_Heart.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/The_Weighing_of_the_Heart.svg/960px-The_Weighing_of_the_Heart.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2002" data-file-height="898" /></a><figcaption>A section of the Egyptian <a href="/wiki/Book_of_the_Dead" title="Book of the Dead">Book of the Dead</a> that is written on papyrus, showing the <a href="/wiki/Weighing_of_the_Heart" class="mw-redirect" title="Weighing of the Heart">Weighing of the Heart</a> in the Duat, where <a href="/wiki/Anubis" title="Anubis">Anubis</a> can be seen on the far right. The scales are shown with the feather balance, and <a href="/wiki/Ammit" title="Ammit">Ammit</a> awaits hearts that may need devoured.</figcaption></figure><p>While the <i>Duat</i> has a variety of depictions, the <i><a href="/wiki/Book_of_the_Dead" title="Book of the Dead">Book of the Dead</a></i> (also known as The Book of Coming Forth by Day) is considered to be an important and vital resource to understanding the <i>Duat</i> and is one of the most studied texts in Egyptology.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:4_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Therefore, the conceptions of the <i>Duat</i> found in this text are considered to be the most commonly referenced <a href="/wiki/Canon_(fiction)" title="Canon (fiction)">canon</a> when discussing <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_afterlife_beliefs" title="Ancient Egyptian afterlife beliefs">ancient Egyptian afterlife beliefs</a>. The <i><a href="/wiki/Book_of_the_Dead" title="Book of the Dead">Book of the Dead</a></i> and <a href="/wiki/Coffin_Texts" title="Coffin Texts">Coffin Texts</a> were collections of spells and prayers to protect the dead from the <i>Duat</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s dangerous landscape. None of the available sources that discuss the Duat are to lay out a geography or coherent setting, but to describe a succession of rites of passage which the dead would have to pass to reach eternal life.<sup id="cite_ref-Taylor-2001-DthAftrlf_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Taylor-2001-DthAftrlf-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Duat&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The Duat appears as a major location in <a href="/wiki/Rick_Riordan" title="Rick Riordan">Rick Riordan</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Kane_Chronicles" title="The Kane Chronicles">The Kane Chronicles</a></i> series. It is revealed in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Crown_of_Ptolemy" title="The Crown of Ptolemy">The Crown of Ptolemy</a></i> to have connections to the Mist from Riordan's <i><a href="/wiki/Camp_Half-Blood_Chronicles" title="Camp Half-Blood Chronicles">Camp Half-Blood Chronicles</a></i> series.</li> <li>The Duat appears as a secret level in the video game <i><a href="/wiki/Spelunky_2" title="Spelunky 2">Spelunky 2</a></i>.</li> <li>In <i><a href="/wiki/Assassin%27s_Creed_Origins" title="Assassin's Creed Origins">Assassin's Creed Origins</a></i>, the Duat is an important aspect of the game with the main character, <a href="/wiki/Bayek" class="mw-redirect" title="Bayek">Bayek</a>, entering it multiple times.</li> <li>The Duat makes an appearance in the episode "<a href="/wiki/Asylum_(Moon_Knight)" title="Asylum (Moon Knight)">Asylum</a>" of the <a href="/wiki/Disney%2B" title="Disney+">Disney+</a> series <i><a href="/wiki/Moon_Knight_(miniseries)" title="Moon Knight (miniseries)">Moon Knight</a></i> (2022) as the place where <a href="/wiki/Marc_Spector_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)" title="Marc Spector (Marvel Cinematic Universe)">Marc Spector</a> and his alter <a href="/wiki/Steven_Grant_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)" class="mw-redirect" title="Steven Grant (Marvel Cinematic Universe)">Steven Grant</a> are being guided by the Egyptian goddess <a href="/wiki/Taweret_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)" class="mw-redirect" title="Taweret (Marvel Cinematic Universe)">Taweret</a> in the afterlife after being killed by <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Harrow" class="mw-redirect" title="Arthur Harrow">Arthur Harrow</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In the film series <a href="/wiki/Night_at_the_Museum_(film_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Night at the Museum (film series)"><i>Night at the Museum</i></a>, a group of underworld warrior deities appear in <i><a href="/wiki/Night_at_the_Museum:_Battle_of_the_Smithsonian" title="Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian">Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian</a></i> when Kahmunrah uses the combination to open the gate to the underworld and summon an army of Horus warriors. The warriors appear from the underworld carrying spears ready to attack and join Kahmunrah's fight to take over the world.</li> <li>In seminal Beat Generation author William S. Burroughs' work <i><a href="/wiki/The_Western_Lands" title="The Western Lands">The Western Lands</a></i>, the time travelling, anti hero gunslinger, Kim Carsons explores the Duat and confronts its inhabitants.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Duat&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gate_deities_of_the_underworld" title="Gate deities of the underworld">Gate deities of Duat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assessors_of_Maat" title="Assessors of Maat">Assessors of Ma'at</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weighing_of_souls" title="Weighing of souls">Weighing of Souls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ennead" title="Ennead">Ennead</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Duat&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>A</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aani" title="Aani">Aani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aati" title="Aati">Aati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abaset" title="Abaset">Abaset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abtu" title="Abtu">Abtu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmose-Nefertari#Death_and_deification" title="Ahmose-Nefertari">Ahmose-Nefertari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aker_(deity)" title="Aker (deity)">Aker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akhty_(deity)" title="Akhty (deity)">Akhty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amenhotep,_son_of_Hapu#Legacy" title="Amenhotep, son of Hapu">Amenhotep, son of Hapu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amesemi" title="Amesemi">Amesemi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Am-heh" title="Am-heh">Am-heh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ammit" title="Ammit">Ammit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amu-Aa" title="Amu-Aa">Amu-Aa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anat" title="Anat">Anat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andjety" title="Andjety">Andjety</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anhur" title="Anhur">Anhur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anput" title="Anput">Anput</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anubis" title="Anubis">Anubis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anuket" title="Anuket">Anuket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apedemak" title="Apedemak">Apedemak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apep" title="Apep">Apep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apesh" title="Apesh">Apesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apis_(deity)" title="Apis (deity)">Apis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aqen" title="Aqen">Aqen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arensnuphis" title="Arensnuphis">Arensnuphis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ash_(deity)" title="Ash (deity)">Ash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assessors_of_Maat" title="Assessors of Maat">Assessors of Maat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astarte" title="Astarte">Astarte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aten" title="Aten">Aten</a></li> <li><b>B</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baal" title="Baal">Baal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baalat_Gebal" title="Baalat Gebal">Baalat Gebal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babi_(mythology)" title="Babi (mythology)">Babi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banebdjedet" title="Banebdjedet">Banebdjedet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ba-Pef" title="Ba-Pef">Ba-Pef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bastet" title="Bastet">Bastet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bat_(goddess)" title="Bat (goddess)">Bat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bata_(god)" title="Bata (god)">Bata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bennu" title="Bennu">Bennu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bes" title="Bes">Bes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beset" class="mw-redirect" title="Beset">Beset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buchis" title="Buchis">Buchis</a></li> <li><b>C</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavern_deities_of_the_underworld" title="Cavern deities of the underworld">Cavern deities of the underworld</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celestial_Ferryman" title="Celestial Ferryman">Celestial Ferryman</a></li> <li><b>D</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dedun" title="Dedun">Dedun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dionysus-Osiris" title="Dionysus-Osiris">Dionysus-Osiris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Djedefhor" title="Djedefhor">Djedefhor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duamutef" class="mw-redirect" title="Duamutef">Duamutef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duau_(god)" title="Duau (god)">Duau</a></li> <li><b>G</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gate_deities_of_the_underworld" title="Gate deities of the underworld">Gate deities of the underworld</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gengen-Wer" title="Gengen-Wer">Gengen-Wer</a></li> <li><b>H</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ha_(mythology)" title="Ha (mythology)">Ha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hapi_(Nile_god)" title="Hapi (Nile god)">Hapi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_sons_of_Horus" title="Four sons of Horus">Hapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harmachis" class="mw-redirect" title="Harmachis">Harmachis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harpocrates" title="Harpocrates">Harpocrates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harsomtus" title="Harsomtus">Harsomtus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hathor" title="Hathor">Hathor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatmehit" title="Hatmehit">Hatmehit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hauron" title="Hauron">Hauron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hedetet" title="Hedetet">Hedetet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hedjhotep" title="Hedjhotep">Hedjhotep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heka_(god)" title="Heka (god)">Heka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemen" title="Hemen">Hemen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemsut" title="Hemsut">Hemsut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henet" title="Henet">Henet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heqaib#Legacy" title="Heqaib">Heqaib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heqet" title="Heqet">Heqet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermanubis" title="Hermanubis">Hermanubis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermes_Trismegistus" title="Hermes Trismegistus">Hermes Trismegistus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heru-ur" class="mw-redirect" title="Heru-ur">Heru-ur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heryshaf" title="Heryshaf">Heryshaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hesat" title="Hesat">Hesat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horus" title="Horus">Horus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hu_(mythology)" title="Hu (mythology)">Hu</a></li> <li><b>I</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iabet" title="Iabet">Iabet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iah" title="Iah">Iah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iat" title="Iat">Iat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igai_(deity)" title="Igai (deity)">Igai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ihy" title="Ihy">Ihy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ikhemu-sek" title="Ikhemu-sek">Ikhemu-sek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imentet" title="Imentet">Imentet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imhotep#Deification" title="Imhotep">Imhotep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imsety" class="mw-redirect" title="Imsety">Imsety</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ipy_(goddess)" title="Ipy (goddess)">Ipy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irer" title="Irer">Irer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ishtar" class="mw-redirect" title="Ishtar">Ishtar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iunit" title="Iunit">Iunit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iusaaset" title="Iusaaset">Iusaaset</a></li> <li><b>J</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jupiter_Ammon" class="mw-redirect" title="Jupiter Ammon">Jupiter Ammon</a></li> <li><b>K</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kagemni_I" title="Kagemni I">Kagemni I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kebechet" title="Kebechet">Kebechet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khensit" title="Khensit">Khensit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khenti-Amentiu" title="Khenti-Amentiu">Khenti-Amentiu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khenti-kheti" title="Khenti-kheti">Khenti-kheti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khepri" title="Khepri">Khepri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khereduankh" title="Khereduankh">Khereduankh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kherty" title="Kherty">Kherty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khnum" title="Khnum">Khnum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khonsu" title="Khonsu">Khonsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kneph" title="Kneph">Kneph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolanthes" title="Kolanthes">Kolanthes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kothar-wa-Khasis" title="Kothar-wa-Khasis">Kothar-wa-Khasis</a></li> <li><b>M</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maahes" title="Maahes">Maahes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maat" title="Maat">Maat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mafdet" title="Mafdet">Mafdet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandulis" title="Mandulis">Mandulis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medjed" title="Medjed">Medjed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehen" title="Mehen">Mehen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehet-Weret" title="Mehet-Weret">Mehet-Weret</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehit" title="Mehit">Mehit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menhit" title="Menhit">Menhit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meret" title="Meret">Meret</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meretseger" title="Meretseger">Meretseger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meskhenet" title="Meskhenet">Meskhenet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Min_(god)" title="Min (god)">Min</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mnevis" title="Mnevis">Mnevis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montu" title="Montu">Montu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mut" title="Mut">Mut</a></li> <li><b>N</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nebethetepet" title="Nebethetepet">Nebethetepet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nebtuwi" title="Nebtuwi">Nebtuwi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nefertem" title="Nefertem">Nefertem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nehebkau" title="Nehebkau">Nehebkau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nehmetawy" title="Nehmetawy">Nehmetawy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neith" title="Neith">Neith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nekhbet" title="Nekhbet">Nekhbet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nemty" title="Nemty">Nemty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neper_(mythology)" title="Neper (mythology)">Neper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neper_(mythology)" title="Neper (mythology)">Nepit</a></li> <li><b>P</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakhet" title="Pakhet">Pakhet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perit_(goddess)" title="Perit (goddess)">Perit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petbe" title="Petbe">Petbe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ptah" title="Ptah">Ptah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ptahhotep" title="Ptahhotep">Ptahhotep</a></li> <li><b>Q</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qebehsenuef" class="mw-redirect" title="Qebehsenuef">Qebehsenuef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qebui" title="Qebui">Qebui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qed-her" title="Qed-her">Qed-her</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qetesh" title="Qetesh">Qetesh</a></li> <li><b>R</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ra" title="Ra">Ra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raet-Tawy" title="Raet-Tawy">Raet-Tawy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rekhyt#Deity" title="Rekhyt">Rekhyt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rem_(mythology)" title="Rem (mythology)">Rem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renenutet" title="Renenutet">Renenutet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renpet" title="Renpet">Renpet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renpetneferet" title="Renpetneferet">Renpetneferet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Repyt" title="Repyt">Repyt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resheph" title="Resheph">Resheph</a></li> <li><b>S</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sah_(god)" title="Sah (god)">Sah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satis_(goddess)" title="Satis (goddess)">Satis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sebiumeker" title="Sebiumeker">Sebiumeker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sedjem" title="Sedjem">Sedjem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seker" title="Seker">Seker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sekhmet" title="Sekhmet">Sekhmet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serapis" title="Serapis">Serapis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serket" title="Serket">Serket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seshat" title="Seshat">Seshat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shai" title="Shai">Shai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shed_(deity)" title="Shed (deity)">Shed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shesmetet" title="Shesmetet">Shesmetet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shezmu" title="Shezmu">Shezmu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sia_(god)" title="Sia (god)">Sia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sobek" title="Sobek">Sobek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sopdet" title="Sopdet">Sopdet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sopdu" title="Sopdu">Sopdu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Souls_of_Pe_and_Nekhen" title="Souls of Pe and Nekhen">Souls of Pe and Nekhen</a></li> <li><b>T</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ta-Bitjet" title="Ta-Bitjet">Ta-Bitjet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tatenen" title="Tatenen">Tatenen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taweret" title="Taweret">Taweret</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tayt" title="Tayt">Tayt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teka-her" title="Teka-her">Teka-her</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thoth" title="Thoth">Thoth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tjenenyet" title="Tjenenyet">Tjenenyet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tutu_(Egyptian_god)" title="Tutu (Egyptian god)">Tutu</a></li> <li><b>U</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unut" title="Unut">Unut</a></li> <li><b>W</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wadjet" title="Wadjet">Wadjet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wadj-wer" title="Wadj-wer">Wadj-wer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weneg_(Egyptian_deity)" title="Weneg (Egyptian deity)">Weneg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wepset" title="Wepset">Wepset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wepwawet" title="Wepwawet">Wepwawet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Werethekau" title="Werethekau">Werethekau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wosret" title="Wosret">Wosret</a></li> <li><b>Y</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yam_(god)" title="Yam (god)">Yam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#decd87;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Egyptian_legendary_creatures" title="Category:Egyptian legendary creatures">Creatures</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akhekh" title="Akhekh">Akhekh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sphinx#Egypt" title="Sphinx">Criosphinx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Griffin" title="Griffin">Griffin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hieracosphinx" title="Hieracosphinx">Hieracosphinx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medjed_(fish)" title="Medjed (fish)">Medjed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serpopard" title="Serpopard">Serpopard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Set_animal" title="Set animal">Sha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sphinx" title="Sphinx">Sphinx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uraeus" title="Uraeus">Uraeus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#decd87;width:1%">Characters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Djadjaemankh" title="Djadjaemankh">Djadjaemankh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Djedi" title="Djedi">Djedi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rededjet" title="Rededjet">Rededjet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ubaoner" title="Ubaoner">Ubaoner</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#decd87;width:1%">Locations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aaru" title="Aaru">Aaru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akhet_(hieroglyph)" title="Akhet (hieroglyph)">Akhet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benben" title="Benben">Benben</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Duat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Land_of_Manu" title="Land of Manu">Land of Manu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Indestructibles" title="The Indestructibles">The Indestructibles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#decd87;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Ancient_Egyptian_symbols" title="Category:Ancient Egyptian symbols">Symbols<br />and objects</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ankh" title="Ankh">Ankh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anra_scarab" title="Anra scarab">Anra scarab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atef" title="Atef">Atef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cartouche" title="Cartouche">Cartouche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corn_mummy" title="Corn mummy">Corn mummy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cowroid" title="Cowroid">Cowroid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crook_and_flail" title="Crook and flail">Crook and flail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crown_of_justification" title="Crown of justification">Crown of justification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deshret" title="Deshret">Deshret</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Djed" title="Djed">Djed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egyptian_obelisk" class="mw-redirect" title="Egyptian obelisk">Egyptian obelisk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egyptian_pool" title="Egyptian pool">Egyptian pool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eye_of_Horus" title="Eye of Horus">Eye of Horus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eye_of_Ra" title="Eye of Ra">Eye of Ra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hedjet" title="Hedjet">Hedjet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemhem_crown" title="Hemhem crown">Hemhem crown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hennu" title="Hennu">Hennu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horus_on_the_Crocodiles" title="Horus on the Crocodiles">Horus on the Crocodiles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hypocephalus" title="Hypocephalus">Hypocephalus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imiut_fetish" title="Imiut fetish">Imiut fetish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khepresh" title="Khepresh">Khepresh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kneph" title="Kneph">Kneph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menat" title="Menat">Menat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modius_(headdress)" title="Modius (headdress)">Modius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nebu" class="mw-redirect" title="Nebu">Nebu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nemes" title="Nemes">Nemes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neshmet" title="Neshmet">Neshmet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ouroboros" title="Ouroboros">Ouroboros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pschent" title="Pschent">Pschent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scarab_(artifact)" title="Scarab (artifact)">Scarab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serekh" title="Serekh">Serekh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shen_ring" title="Shen ring">Shen ring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solar_barque" title="Solar barque">Solar barque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyet" title="Tyet">Tyet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ushabti" title="Ushabti">Ushabti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vulture_crown" title="Vulture crown">Vulture crown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Was-sceptre" title="Was-sceptre">Was-sceptre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winged_sun#Ancient_Egypt" title="Winged sun">Winged sun</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#decd87;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Ancient_Egyptian_texts" title="Category:Ancient Egyptian texts">Writings</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amduat" title="Amduat">Amduat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Books_of_Breathing" title="Books of Breathing">Books of Breathing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Caverns" title="Book of Caverns">Book of Caverns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_the_Dead" title="Book of the Dead">Book of the Dead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_the_Earth" title="Book of the Earth">Book of the Earth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Gates" title="Book of Gates">Book of Gates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_the_Heavenly_Cow" title="Book of the Heavenly Cow">Book of the Heavenly Cow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Traversing_Eternity" title="Book of Traversing Eternity">Book of Traversing Eternity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coffin_Texts" title="Coffin Texts">Coffin Texts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enigmatic_Book_of_the_Netherworld" class="mw-redirect" title="Enigmatic Book of the Netherworld">Enigmatic Book of the Netherworld</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Festival_Songs_of_Isis_and_Nephthys" title="Festival Songs of Isis and Nephthys">Festival Songs of Isis and Nephthys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Hymn_to_the_Aten" title="Great Hymn to the Aten">Great Hymn to the 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