Duat

E58543

afterlife realm ancient Egyptian underworld mythological realm

Duat is the ancient Egyptian underworld and realm of the dead, overseen by Osiris and traversed by souls in their journey after death.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Duat canonical	9
Duat (transliterated as Dwꜣt)	1
Egyptian underworld	1
Egyptian underworld (in Gods of Egypt)	1
Ra travels through Duat each night	1
Weighing of the Heart ceremony	1
underworld (Duat)	1
weighing of the heart	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	afterlife realm ⓘ ancient Egyptian underworld ⓘ mythological realm ⓘ
accessedThrough	tombs and burial rituals ⓘ
alsoSpelled	Duat self-link ⓘ Duat self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Duat (transliterated as Dwꜣt)
associatedDeity	Ammit ⓘ Anubis ⓘ Horus ⓘ Ma'at ⓘ surface form: Ma’at Ra ⓘ Thoth ⓘ
contains	Field of Reeds ⓘ Hall of Two Truths ⓘ lakes of fire ⓘ river or waterways ⓘ various caverns and gates ⓘ
culture	ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
describedAs	realm of the dead ⓘ underworld ⓘ
describedIn	Amduat ⓘ Book of Coming Forth by Day ⓘ surface form: Book of Gates Book of the Dead ⓘ Coffin Texts ⓘ Pyramid Texts ⓘ
guardedBy	various deities and demons ⓘ
hasStructure	multiple regions or hours of the night ⓘ
ifHeartHeavierThanFeather	soul devoured by Ammit ⓘ
ifHeartLighterThanFeather	soul granted blessed afterlife ⓘ
judgmentInvolves	weighing of the heart ceremony ⓘ
judgmentLocationFor	souls of the dead ⓘ
judgmentPresidedBy	Osiris ⓘ
languageOfName	ancient Egyptian ⓘ
linkedConcept	moral order and justice ⓘ
opposedBy	serpent Apophis in Ra’s nightly journey ⓘ
overseenBy	Osiris ⓘ
primaryDeity	Osiris ⓘ
requires	knowledge of spells and names to traverse safely ⓘ
roleInMythology	location of judgment of the dead ⓘ place where souls travel after death ⓘ
sunJourneyCycle	Duat self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ra travels through Duat each night
sunJourneyPurpose	renewal of the sun and cosmos ⓘ
symbolizes	cycle of death and rebirth ⓘ transition between life and afterlife ⓘ
traversedBy	souls of the deceased ⓘ sun god Ra during nightly journey ⓘ
weighingOfHeartComparedTo	feather of Ma’at ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

Osiris → associatedWith → Duat ⓘ

Osiris myth → associatedConcept → Duat ⓘ

this entity surface form: weighing of the heart

Duat → sunJourneyCycle → Duat self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ra travels through Duat each night

Duat → alsoSpelled → Duat self-link ⓘ

Duat → alsoSpelled → Duat self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Duat (transliterated as Dwꜣt)

Ancient Egyptian religion → hasBelief → Duat ⓘ

this entity surface form: underworld (Duat)

Apep → residesIn → Duat ⓘ

Maat → involvedIn → Duat ⓘ

this entity surface form: Weighing of the Heart ceremony

Zaya → afterlifeJourneyIn → Duat ⓘ

this entity surface form: Egyptian underworld (in Gods of Egypt)

murder of Osiris → associatedPlace → Duat ⓘ

solar barque of Ra → underworldName → Duat ⓘ

Ammit → associatedWithPlace → Duat ⓘ

Hall of Two Truths → locatedIn → Duat ⓘ

Field of Reeds → contrastedWith → Duat ⓘ

Amduat → hasSetting → Duat ⓘ

this entity surface form: Egyptian underworld