Ammit
Ancient Egyptian Demoness Goddess / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ammit (/ˈæmɪt/; Ancient Egyptian: ꜥm-mwt, "Devourer of the Dead"; also rendered Ammut or Ahemait) was an ancient Egyptian goddess[clarification needed] with the forequarters of a lion, the hindquarters of a hippopotamus, and the head of a crocodile—the three largest "man-eating" animals known to ancient Egyptians. In ancient Egyptian religion, Ammit played an important role during the funerary ritual, the Judgment of the Dead.
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Name in hieroglyphs | Egyptian: ꜥm-mwt[1]
(devourer of the dead)
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