MYTHOLOGY (noun.)
1. a collection of myths, especially one belonging to a particular religious or cultural tradition.
2. the study of myths
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THE FOURTY-TWO JUDGES
The Forty-Two Judges, also known as Assessors of Maat, are the divine beings of the Egyptian afterlife who preside over the Hall of Truth where the great god Osiris judge the dead. The deceased has to follow the rules written on the Book of the Dead in order to enter the afterlife.
First, the deceased has to recite the Negative Confessions, the forty-two declarations of innocence. They are pronounced by the dead himself, in order to avoid being damned for specific sins that each of the 42 Judges is in charge of punishing, as each one corresponds to one of the judges.
After pleading not guilty of every confession, the heart of the deceased is weighed on a two-plate scale, comparing its weight with the weight of the feather of Maat.
If the heart and the feather weigh the same, the Judges know the deceased is saying the truth and is worthy to become a Maa Kheru and gain access to the eternal life. But, if the heart was heavier than Maat's feather, then a monster named Ammit the Devourer devoured it by destroying the soul of the deceased.
As said before, each judge represents a sin. It's also known that each judge represents one of the nomes of ancient Egypt and different parts of the land, together forming the whole ancient Egypt territory. Here I present you the list with the names and information of each one, according to the egyptologist Richard Herbet Wilkinson.
— THE FORTY-TWO JUDGES!
1) Far-Strider Represents (land): Heliopolis Punish the sin: Falsehood
2) Fire-embracer Represents (land): Kheraha (probably Old Cairo) Punish the sin: Robbery
3) Nosey Represents (land): Hermopolis/Khemenu Punish the sin: Rapaciousness
4) Swallower of Shades Represents (land): The Cavern Punish the sin: Stealing
5) Dangerous One Represents (land): Rosetau (Giza Plateau) Punish the sin: Murder
6) Double Lion Represents (land): The Sky Punish the sin: Destruction of Food (a/n: i didn't know this counted as a sin but totally agree lol)
7) Fiery Eyes Represents (land): Letopolis/Sekhem Punish the sin: Crookedness
8) Flame Represents (land): The One Who Come Backwards Punish the sin: Stealing Offerings
