Ma'at

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Egyptian goddess deity of cosmic order deity of harmony deity of justice deity of truth personification of abstract concept

Ma'at is the ancient Egyptian concept and goddess of truth, justice, cosmic order, and harmony that underpinned both the universe and human society.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Maʿat 11
Ma’at 5
Ma'at canonical 2

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Egyptian goddess ⓘ
deity of cosmic order ⓘ
deity of harmony ⓘ
deity of justice ⓘ
deity of truth ⓘ
personification of abstract concept ⓘ
afterlifeRole standard against which hearts were weighed ⓘ
associatedWith Horus ⓘ
Pharaoh ⓘ
Ra ⓘ
Thoth ⓘ
centralTo Egyptian ethics ⓘ
Egyptian law ⓘ
surface form: Egyptian legal system

Pharaonic kingship ideology ⓘ
conceptualOpposite chaos ⓘ
falsehood ⓘ
culture ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
depictedAs goddess with outstretched wings ⓘ
seated or standing woman ⓘ
woman with an ostrich feather on her head ⓘ
domain cosmic order ⓘ
harmony ⓘ
justice ⓘ
law ⓘ
morality ⓘ
social order ⓘ
truth ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
influenced Egyptian concept of justice ⓘ
Egyptian cosmology ⓘ
Egyptian social norms ⓘ
languageOfName Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
opposedTo Isfet ⓘ
parent Atum ⓘ
Ra ⓘ
representedBy hieroglyph of a seated goddess with feather ⓘ
requiredOf Pharaoh ⓘ
judges ⓘ
officials ⓘ
ritualContext weighing of the heart ceremony ⓘ
roleInCosmos maintainer of universal order ⓘ
regulator of actions of mortals and deities ⓘ
regulator of seasons ⓘ
regulator of stars ⓘ
spouseOrConsort Thoth ⓘ
symbol ostrich feather ⓘ
plume of truth ⓘ
scales of justice ⓘ
timePeriodOfWorship Late Period of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Late Period

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 Maat ⓘ
Maet ⓘ
typeOfConcept cosmic principle ⓘ
moral principle ⓘ
social principle ⓘ
worshipCenter Heliopolis ⓘ
Memphis ⓘ
Thebes ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

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

Thoth → associatedWith → Ma'at ⓘ
Book of the Dead → associatedDeity → Ma'at ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maʿat
Set → opposedConcept → Ma'at ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ma’at
Osiris myth → associatedConcept → Ma'at ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maʿat
Duat → associatedDeity → Ma'at ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ma’at
Ancient Egyptian religion → usesConcept → Ma'at ⓘ
this entity surface form: ma’at
Ancient Egyptian religion → hasConcept → Ma'at ⓘ
this entity surface form: ma’at
Nun → contrastedWith → Ma'at ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maʿat
Maat → transliterationVariant → Ma'at ⓘ
The Eloquent Peasant → keyConcept → Ma'at ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maʿat
Djehuty → associatedWith → Ma'at ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maʿat
Djehuty → spouse → Ma'at ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maʿat
Spell 125 → featuresDeity → Ma'at ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maʿat
Spell 125 → associatedConcept → Ma'at ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maʿat
Papyrus of Ani → associatedDeity → Ma'at ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maʿat
Papyrus of Hunefer → featuresDeity → Ma'at ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maʿat
Setekh → hasOppositeAspect → Ma'at ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maʿat (order and harmony)
Ammit → opposedToConcept → Ma'at ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ma’at
Hall of Two Truths → associatedConcept → Ma'at ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ma’at
Hall of Two Truths → associatedDeity → Ma'at ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ma’at
Field of Reeds → associatedWithDeity → Ma'at ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maʿat