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This section contains information about phenomena that are generally believed to have a supernatural, mystical nature, and the very existence of which is currently in doubt.Phenomena Hierarchy

Amt

Added	Sat, 10/11/2018
Hierarchy	Phenomena Неизвестные существа Сухопутные существа Амт
Другие названия	Am-am Am-mit Am-mut Amam Amamat Amemite Amemite Ammat Death Eater Eater of the Dead Shadow Eater The Devourer of Hearts Devourer The Devourer of Amenti Shai
Область распространения	Egypt
Характерные признаки	→ → → → →
Sources	bestiary.us ru.wikipedia.org universalinternetlibrary.ru mifolog.ru

In Egyptian mythology, a monster that devours the souls of sinners, according to one version, has the body of a dog and the head of a crocodile, according to another, it is a monster with the body of a hippopotamus, lion paws and mane, the mouth of a crocodile. It lives in the Duat.

She ate a person's heart if great The Ennead pronounced a guilty verdict on him at the afterlife court Osiris in Amenti. In the tombs of the pharaohs, Ammat was depicted not as a monster, but as a protector.

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