Resident souls, gods, and demons The Duat was also a residence for various gods, including Osiris, Anubis, Thoth, Horus, Hathor, and Maat, who all appear to the dead soul as it makes its way toward judgement. In spite of the many demon-like inhabitants of the Duat, it is not equivalent to the conceptions of Hell in the Abrahamic religions, 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 (Ancient Egyptian: ꜣḫ; Egypt. Pron.: Akh). The grotesque spirits of the underworld were not evil, but rather acted as directed by the gods, to provide the various ordeals that the deceased had to face.
Resident souls gods and demons The Duat was also a residence for various gods including Osiris Anubis Thoth Horus Hathor and Maat who all appear to the dead soul as it makes its way toward judgement In spite of the many demon-like inhabitants of the Duat it is not equivalent to the conceptions of Hell in the Abrahamic religions 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 (Ancient Egyptian ꜣḫ; Egypt Pron Akh) The grotesque spirits of the underworld were not evil but rather acted as directed by the gods to provide the various ordeals that the deceased had to face