Am-heh
Am-heh is an ancient Egyptian underworld being whose name is commonly translated as Devourer of Millions or Eater of Eternity…
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Ammit
Ammit is the ancient Egyptian composite devourer who waits beside the scales in judgment scenes, ready to consume the heart…
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Babi is an ancient Egyptian baboon deity associated with ferocity, virility, blood, the devouring of enemies and dangerous power in…
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The Gate Guardians of the Duat are the many named deities, serpents, knife-bearers and divine officials who protect the gates…
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Knife-Bearing Guardians are the many armed deities and underworld beings shown in Egyptian funerary texts carrying knives to restrain, cut…
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Lake-of-Fire Guardians are the Egyptian underworld beings associated with fiery lakes, burning basins and punitive regions that destroy enemies while…
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Nehebkau is an ancient Egyptian serpent deity associated with the afterlife, the binding of vital powers and the protection or…
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Akhu are the blessed or effective dead of ancient Egypt, transformed through proper burial, ritual and moral order into powerful…
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Ba is an ancient Egyptian component of personhood associated with individuality, mobility, manifestation and the dead person's ability to move…
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The Ka is an ancient Egyptian component of personhood associated with vital power, birth, sustenance, likeness, continuity and the reception…
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