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, showing her decorated leonine body, and crocodile head]]In Egyptian
mythology, Ammit (also spelt Ammut, Ammet, Amam, Amemet and Ahemait) was
the personification of divine retribution for all the wrongs one had
committed in life and she dwelt in the Hall of Ma'at. Ammit was said to
live near the scales of justice, in the underworld, Duat, where the hearts
of the dead were weighed by Anubis against the feather in Ma'at's
headdress. Ma'at was regarded as the personification of the principles of
truth and justice. The hearts of those who failed the test were given to
Ammit for her to devour, and their souls were not permitted to enter Aaru,
having to be restless forever?dying a second time.
Ammit was not worshipped, and she was never regarded as a goddess.
Instead, she embodied all that the Egyptians feared, threatening to bind
them to eternal restlessness if they did not foll
