<P> Ammit ( / ˈæmɪt / ; `` devourer '' or `` soul - eater '' ; also called Ammut or Ahemait ) was a demoness and goddess in ancient Egyptian religion with a body that was part lion , hippopotamus and crocodile -- the three largest `` man - eating '' animals known to ancient Egyptians . A funerary deity , her titles included `` Devourer of the Dead '' , `` Eater of Hearts '' , and `` Great of Death '' . Ammit lived near the scales of justice in Duat , the Egyptian underworld . In the Hall of Two Truths , Anubis weighed the heart of a person against the feather of Ma'at , the goddess of truth , which was depicted as an ostrich feather ( the feather was often pictured in Ma'at's headdress ) . If the heart was judged to be not pure , Ammit would devour it , and the person undergoing judgement was not allowed to continue their voyage towards Osiris and immortality . Once Ammit swallowed the heart , the soul was believed to become restless forever ; this was called `` to die a second time '' . Ammit was also sometimes said to stand by a lake of fire . In some traditions , the unworthy hearts were cast into the fiery lake to be destroyed . Some scholars believe Ammit and the lake represent the same concept of destruction . </P>
<P> Ammit ( / ˈæmɪt / ; `` devourer '' or `` soul - eater '' ; also called Ammut or Ahemait ) was a demoness and goddess in ancient Egyptian religion with a body that was part lion , hippopotamus and crocodile -- the three largest `` man - eating '' animals known to ancient Egyptians . A funerary deity , her titles included `` Devourer of the Dead '' , `` Eater of Hearts '' , and `` Great of Death '' . Ammit lived near the scales of justice in Duat , the Egyptian underworld . In the Hall of Two Truths , Anubis weighed the heart of a person against the feather of Ma'at , the goddess of truth , which was depicted as an ostrich feather ( the feather was often pictured in Ma'at's headdress ) . If the heart was judged to be not pure , Ammit would devour it , and the person undergoing judgement was not allowed to continue their voyage towards Osiris and immortality . Once Ammit swallowed the heart , the soul was believed to become restless forever ; this was called `` to die a second time '' . Ammit was also sometimes said to stand by a lake of fire . In some traditions , the unworthy hearts were cast into the fiery lake to be destroyed . Some scholars believe Ammit and the lake represent the same concept of destruction . </P>
in the egyptian religion who was the eater of the dead
in the egyptian religion who was the eater of the dead
Ammit ( / ˈæmɪt / ; `` devourer '' or `` soul - eater '' ; also called Ammut or Ahemait )
Ammit ( / ˈæmɪt / ; `` devourer '' or `` soul - eater '' ; also called Ammut or Ahemait )