Souls

When people die their souls go to the underworld or try to. The souls are put to many tests to travel to the underworld. The souls are kind of related to the weighing of the heart ceremony. Cause if the heart is more than the feather the soul will not pass.

Ammut

The devourer or ammut is the animal who is actually linked with the goddess Tawaret because they was said to have the same appearance. They said that she stood by a lake of fire where the hearts would be thrown instead of her eating them. Other people have thought that with the lion body and the guardian of the lake of fire she is like the goddess Sekhmet.

The weighing of the heart ceremony

The weighing of the heart ceremony is the ceremony that judges the heart against a feather. If the feather and the heart weigh the same the soul of the body can pass on through the underworld. If the heart weighed more the heart would be eaten by the devourer who was a mix of a lion, a hippo, and a alligator. Isn't that a pretty sight to see about every day.

Osiris

Osiris was the god of the earth until his brother Seth killed him because he was jealous of him. That is so nice isn't it. Osiris then became the god of the underworld and Seth became the god of the earth.

Book of the Dead

THE BOOK OF THE DEAD

The book of the dead is a book of spells the Egyptians thought the people in the afterlife would need when they rested in eternal peace. The book contained over 200 spells that the egyptains found. They must have a lot of free time.

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