Maat

E133376

Egyptian goddess mythological figure personification

Maat is the ancient Egyptian goddess and personification of truth, justice, balance, and cosmic order, central to both mythology and pharaonic law.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Maat canonical	8
Maat (truth, order)	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Egyptian goddess ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ personification ⓘ
appearsIn	Book of the Dead ⓘ Coffin Texts ⓘ Pyramid Texts ⓘ
associatedWith	Osiris ⓘ Pharaoh ⓘ Ra ⓘ Thoth ⓘ
centralConceptIn	ancient Egyptian cosmology ⓘ ancient Egyptian ethics ⓘ ancient Egyptian kingship ideology ⓘ
conceptualOppositeOf	isfet ⓘ
cultCenter	Heliopolis ⓘ Memphis ⓘ Thebes ⓘ
culture	ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
depictedAs	seated or standing woman ⓘ woman with an ostrich feather on her head ⓘ
domain	balance ⓘ cosmic order ⓘ justice ⓘ truth ⓘ
functionInAfterlife	standard for judgment of the dead ⓘ
heartWeighedAgainst	feather of Maat ⓘ
hieroglyph	feather symbol ⓘ
iconographicAttribute	ankh ⓘ feather headdress ⓘ ostrich feather ⓘ scepter ⓘ
involvedIn	Duat ⓘ surface form: Weighing of the Heart ceremony
judgmentSceneAssociatedWith	Osiris ⓘ
languageOfName	ancient Egyptian ⓘ
normativePrincipleFor	behavior of individuals ⓘ conduct of officials ⓘ rule of the Pharaoh ⓘ
oftenConsideredDaughterOf	Ra ⓘ
parent	Ra ⓘ
pharaohDuty	uphold Maat ⓘ
pharaohRitual	offering of Maat to the gods ⓘ
represents	law ⓘ order ⓘ right conduct ⓘ
roleIn	Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ surface form: Egyptian mythology pharaonic law ⓘ
spouseOrConsort	Thoth ⓘ
symbolOf	justice ⓘ moral order ⓘ truth ⓘ universal harmony ⓘ
timePeriod	Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Middle Kingdom New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ surface form: New Kingdom Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Old Kingdom
transliterationVariant	Ma'at ⓘ Maat (with aleph) ⓘ
typeOf	cosmic principle ⓘ moral principle ⓘ
worshippedIn	Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ surface form: ancient Egypt

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bastet → sibling → Maat ⓘ

Ra → parentOf → Maat ⓘ

Ancient Egyptian religion → hasDeity → Maat ⓘ

Son of Ra → linkedConcept → Maat ⓘ

Nebmaatre (attributed in some sources) → linkedToConcept → Maat ⓘ

Nebmaatre (attributed in some sources) → hasComponent → Maat ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maat (truth, order)

Ma'at → transliterationVariant → Maat ⓘ

Usermaatre Setepenre → linkedConcept → Maat ⓘ

Maat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt: A Study in Classical African Ethics → mainSubject → Maat ⓘ