#ma'at

[eleonorpiteira]

Weight of a Feather, Assassin's Creed: Origins fanart, watercolour and acrylic gouache on hot press paper, 17.8 x 25.4 cm

This is one of those that I don't care if no one likes it, or if there are obvious mistakes/things that don't make sense, I'm proud of myself for managing to do it traditionally and that's that. It's for no one but me, I'm just sharing it with you :)

I started it in 2021, even began to paint it, but burnout is a bitch and I couldn't finish it then. Recently I decided to see if I could complete it traditionally and this is the result! It was inspired by a screenshot I took where Bayek's face is entirely in shadow. I then added elements that relate to Ma'at, the goddess of truth and justice, and the ceremony of the Weighing of the Heart, where she'd weigh a dead person's heart against her ostrich feather, to see if they were worthy of going on to the Field of Reeds (a sort of paradise). (Egyptologists don't @ me 😭)

#assassin's creed #ac origins #assassins creed #assasins creed origins #assassin's creed: origins #bayek #bayek of siwa #senu #ma'at #fanart #traditional illustration #traditional art #acrylic gouache #illustration #art only tag #it actually looks insane irl I'm so happy #I learned a lot from this adventure #I also learned that I hate scanning art lol #so.....Kassandra next? 👀

[antiquitiesandlabyrinths]

Prayer to Ma’at

Notes: This is an example of the translation services I am offering! It’s quite a long bit of text but I thought it was worth sharing. There is immense trouble with trying to get Tumblr to type out hieroglyphs––at least there is on my computer––so screenshots of my translations will have to do. You are free to use this in any way (respectfully, of course) but please credit me if you do.

#ancient egypt #egyptian mythology #egyptian hieroglyphs #egyptian gods #hieroglyphs #ma'at #maat #kemeticism #ancient kemet

[thetwistedrope]

i made a version of this way back in 2013 or so. i felt it was a good time for an update.

#kemetic #pride #ma'at #pagan #sorry if your flag didnt make the cut #i was trying to pick some of the more popular flags #but it was hard to choose #lgbt #lgbt+ #queer

[milky-rozen]

[ Dendera Zodiac Challenge - Part II 🩵💛 ]

#my art #egyptian mythology #egyptian gods #house of the sun #dendera temple #dendera zodiac #ma'at #maat #serket #Neith #Osiris #Hapi #nephtys #nephthys

[godsofhumanity]

Ma'at: Thoth, kiss me if I'm wrong, but dinosaurs aren't extinct. Thoth: Technically, you'd be right, because birds are descended from dinosaurs, and if we are open about the definition, they could count. Ma'at: Ma'at: Just kiss me, smartass.

#maat #thoth #maat x thoth #thoth x maat #ma'at #egyptian gods #egyptian mythology #incorrect egyptian gods #incorrect egyptian mythology #incorrect mythology #mythology #s: tumblr #queuetzalcoatl

[okuanya]

The 42 Ideals of Ma'at (Modern Version)

I honour virtue

I benefit with gratitude

I am peaceful

I respect the property of others

I affirm that all life is sacred

I give offerings that are genuine

I live in truth

I regard all altars with respect

I speak with sincerity

I consume only my fair share

I offer words of good intent

I relate in peace

I honour animals with reverence

I can be trusted

I care for the earth

I keep my own council

I speak positively of others

I remain in balance with my emotions

I am trustful in my relationships

I hold purity in high esteem

I spread joy

I do the best I can

I communicate with compassion

I listen to opposing opinions

I create harmony

I invoke laughter

I am open to love in various forms

I am forgiving

I am kind

I act respectfully

I am accepting

I follow my inner guidance

I converse with awareness

I do good

I give blessings

I keep the waters pure

I speak with good intent

I praise the Goddess and the God

I am humble

I achieve with integrity

I advance through my own abilities

I embrace the All

Source: Kemet Experience

#kemeticism #kemetic paganism #ma'at

[incorrectsmashbrosquotes]

Long time I know. I first offer a Merry Christmas for you and my family. But the Valhalla DLC for Ragnarök just dropped (Super wonderful), and I been thinking about how the old God of War in Egypt ideas would work with it. In Egyptian Mythology you have the 42 Negative Confessions and it 42 Judges of Maat. It's not about perfection, but to keep trying to outweight your bad deeds with good ones, to bring more balance than chaos to the world.

Alright so, in the God of War in Egypt AU, we've gotta trim the 42 down a bit, so we're grouping it into six groups of seven. Each group of seven represent a level to clear, with the final one at the end.

So the story is, after the final boss of the second game, Apophis, Osiris invites Kratos to the Underworld for "a great matter", and tells him someone wants to talk to him. Basically, Kratos has to traverse the 42 Confessors/Judges of Ma'at with Nephthys, facing one of his sins as a boss at the end of each level.

The 42, again, in groups of seven, you're not facing all of them at once, act as witnesses, watching him go through it, and talking to him at the end of it.

The bosses are all from the previous God of War games, particularly the ones Kratos feels kinda bad about.

Also, you get the Blade of Olympus at the beginning of the DLC, and it gains power with every boss you defeat.

First boss is Helios, good solid start to the story.

Second is the Princess of Posiedon, who sort of uses Posiedon's powers from GoW3. This ends with Kratos apologizing to her and her soul finding rest.

Third is Hera, who points out he could have shown her mercy but chose not to.

Fourth is Hercules, this one is lighter than the others, since Herc isn't really salty about losing, and Hercules passes on on good terms.

Fifth is Hephaestus, who is angry at the world more than Kratos himself.

The Sixth boss is Ares himself. the man who started it all. This is a knock down drag out fight... and it leads you into the REAL final boss.

See, once you've defeated Ares, you're led into the Heart Weighing Chamber where Anubis has begun his tenure as Guardian of the Dead, and under your son's gaze you fight the real Final Boss of the Ma'at DLC.

The final boss is Mars, the Roman God of War, the inheritor of both Kratos and Ares' legends. A more grim and noble God of War.

The fight ends in a draw, and Mars leaves, having put the ghosts of old to rest and returns to the fledgling Rome, to tak eup his post as the God of War.

#incorrect super smash bros #God of War #Mythology #Greek Mythology #Egyptian Mythology #Kratos #Nephthys #Osiris #Ma'at #Helios #Poseidon #Princess of Poseidon #Hera #Hercules #Hephaestus #Ares #Mars #Roman Mythology #AU #fanfic #Fan fic #fanfiction

[khensaptah]

EDIT: all items have been sent to their new homes

I have some miniature gods here that I would like to give away. Help with the cost of shipping is appreciated if you can spare it. Matchbox for scale.

Weegyptians Ma'at and "Horus" (could easily be a Khonsu or Ra)

Tawaret ("William" replica)

Sekhmet

Custom painted chess piece Anpu and Khonsu. The Khonsu comes with a consecrated ribbon from the HoN state icon of Khonsu in His year, if that is heka that is meaningful to you.

All items ship from Boston, Massachusetts. Any that are not claimed by 12/31 will be given away to a local secondhand shop.

#kemetic #kemeticism #kemetic polytheism #kemetic paganism #kemetic fandom #kemetic pagan #egyptian polytheism #egyptian paganism #witchblr #paganblr #khonsu #tawaret #anpu #ma'at #horus #heru #heru wer #heru sa aset #sekhmet #yinepu

[whencyclopedia]

Egyptian Gods - The Complete List

The gods and goddesses of Ancient Egypt were an integral part of the people's everyday lives. It is not surprising then that there were over 2,000 deities in the Egyptian pantheon. Some of these deities' names are well known: Isis, Osiris, Horus, Amun, Ra, Hathor, Bastet, Thoth, Anubis, and Ptah while many others less so.

Continue reading...

#amun #Anubis #Apis #Apophis #Bastet #Bes #egypt #Egyptian_Mythology #Egyptian_Religion #Hathor #Heka #Horus #isis #Ma'at #Neith #Nephthys #osiris #Qebhet #Set_(Egyptian_God) #Thoth #history

[hesy-bes]

O' Truth, Justice,

Feathered-Armed Weigher of the Heart,

I raise my arms to you.

For it is you who I hold firmly in my heart,

enlivening my ka,

lifting my ba towards Re.

You guide my steps,

and support my hand.

You are truth,

and love,

and to you I sing.

#devotional poetry #kemeticism #kemetic #kemetic fandom #kemetism #ma'at

[blerdsunited]

Amazing! Known artists are watermarked, unknown artist are not.

ARTWORK IN HONOR OF: Yemonja, Yemonja, also spelled Yemoja or Yemaja, Yoruban deity celebrated as the giver of life and as the metaphysical mother of all orisha (deities) within the Yoruba spiritual pantheon.

Art: Apollo Inspired. Apollo is mostly known for being the God of The Sun and Light. But he is also the god of poetry, healing, music, plagues, knowledge, order, prophecy, beauty, agriculture, and archery!

Concept Artwork of Ma'at. Maat or Maʽat comprised the ancient Egyptian concepts of truth, balance, order, harmony, law, morality, and justice. Ma'at was also the goddess who personified these concepts, and regulated the stars, seasons, and the actions of mortals and the deities

#black artist #blerdsunited #blerds united #blerdcommunity #blerds #blerd community #black art #black nerds #blackartists #art #artists #goddess #gods #black #character ai #ai artwork #ma'at #mafdet #apollo #yemoja

[fiercefauna]

Four Ancient Egyptian Deities heavily reinterpreted by me. Thoth is on the left, Ma'at is next, then the unfortunately named Isis, and last but not least the lesser known Nephthys. It appears Isis's name has been reinterpreted by the Greeks and may have been something like "East"

This was drawn with mechanical or 'lead pencil' and colored with veri-thin colored pencils.

And just cause I want to ruin it for Thoth fans - his name was probably something like Jahootie. Surprisingly cute for an old god ain't it. Keep in mind 'real' gods for real people are (usually) not supposed to scary. Usually.

#ancient egypt #egypt mythology #gods of egypt #thoth deity #nephthys #goddess isis #ma'at #pagan

[antiquitiesandlabyrinths]

Recognizing the Gods – Khonsu and Ma’at

 Khonsu and Ma’at are interesting because their images coincide greatly with the appearance of other Gods. Knowing how to identify Khonsu from the images of Osiris and Horus can be helpful, as well as being able to tell Ma’at and Isis apart.

Khonsu

Khonsu, like many Gods, had two different forms including one with a human head and one with a falcon head.

The main way to tell if an image is representing Khonsu is by looking for the lunar disk. While he is in falcon form, this disk is essentially the only thing separating him from being Horus or Ra. Generally, however, Khonsu is represented as a young child with green skin, wrapped in mummification linens and bearing the sidelock of youth in his hair. His symbols include the crook and flail, so you will often see that as well. His human form is certainly similar to that of Osiris but the differences are thusly; Osiris has a beard, Khonsu does not. Osiris is almost always shown wearing the White Crown of Upper Egypt, whereas Khonsu is shown with a lunar disk representing the full and crescent moon. Khonsu also has a sidelock hairstyle whereas Osiris has no hair showing.

Khonsu’s falcon form is nearly identical to Horus and Ra so the only thing you need to look for to identify them is for the crown. If it’s the solar disk with the uraeus snake it’s Ra, if it is the double crown of upper and lower Egypt then it’s Horus, and if it’s the lunar disk, it’s Khonsu.

As a reminder, this is what the solar disk with the uraeus looks like:

If you are looking at a large wall inscription, you may also come across Khonsu’s name in hieroglyphs:

Ma’at

Ma’at is similar in representation to Isis. Both are well-known images of ancient Egypt, but few people realize they are posting Ma’at when they want to be posting Isis, and vice versa.

She is represented with her wings spread; very similar to Isis. The image above is Ma’at, and the image below is Isis.

So the main difference here is not the hair––that’s something that changes from art piece to art piece––it’s again, the crown that they wear. Isis is represented with the Throne of Egypt on her head; it’s part of her name in hieroglyphs, whereas Ma’at is represented with the feather of truth on her head. This is a big thing to notice! Both crowns are instrumental in the characters of Isis and Ma’at, and confusing them is to confuse Goddesses who don’t have much to do with one another.

Funnily enough, there is yet another Goddess shown with spread wings. Hathor is also sometimes represented in this way, but to know when it’s her, you again look at the crown. Hathor almost always wears the crown of the cow she represents, whose horns hold up the solar disk. Here’s a quick image so you know what Hathor’s crown looks like.

Going back to Ma’at, there are very few images of her. She had no temples built for her and few worshippers, simply because she was an intrinsic part of the universe, and worship of any other God was based around her powers of calming the chaos of primordial waters.

Like most words and titles in Egyptian hieroglyphs, there were a few different ways to record Ma’at’s name. One is shortened, but I’ve included both long and short versions below.

#ancient egypt #egyptian mythology #ma'at #maat #khonsu #chons

[thetwistedrope]

No disrespect intended but I have a question I need answered. Sekhmet is Goddess of plagues and pestilence which leads to death. How does this pertain to Ma'at if she is of the Netjer? Isn't death and disease the opposite of Ma'at? Just need an explanation and this cleared up. Thanks!

She is the bringer of plagues, and that's why the ancient Egyptians were so fixated on keeping her green and placated. they propitiated her daily to help keep the country in her good favor. in fact, a lot of ntrw worship and veneration was rooted in that. each ntr has the capability to both be benevolent and be a bringer of isfet.

isfet can be broken down into two categories: naturally occurring and manufactured/man-made. naturally occurring isfet is stuff like disease and death. they are part of existence and they are part of ma'at. when the gods are acting upon this type of isfet, they are usually reframed as being acts of ma'at, and so the transgression becomes acceptable as part of maintaining a larger ecosystem or balance.

f'ex, no human (or ntr) can survive without committing isfet. to live is to consume, and food is a double-edged sword of both isfet and ma'at. this is true for every living thing on this planet, to sustain creation is to commit certain acts of isfet. when you eat, you could frame it as isfet for whatever you're eating, but it could also be framed as creating ma'at so that you can sustain yourself. in this way, the two are interlinked. this is why the Osirian myth cycle is as important as it is: it creates a framework that allows us to take such violent acts of isfet (albeit, fully natural forms of isfet that /will/ happen to all of us eventually), and convert these acts into ma'at.

it's the manufactured isfet that is particularly destructive. wanton, meaningless destruction. capitalism. exploitation. oppression. all of these are human-made forms of isfet that shouldn't exist. whenever the gods partake in this sort of isfet, they often experience some sort of negative effect (such as Osiris bleeding out his stupid head for being an egotistical jerk when he received the atef). these sorts of isfet are regarded as worth destruction in totality. or in other words, there is no upside to this form of isfet, and so we work to eradicate it.

it's hard to be succinct about this topic, so i would recommend reading this post about isfet and this post about ma'at. these two posts are part of a larger series that you could read to get a more nuanced understanding of ma'at in general.

#asks #kemetic #ma'at #isfet

[milky-rozen]

Ma'at, Goddess of Justice, and measure to anything that is considered right as just, is a very powerful deity who singlehandedly won against the powers of primordial chaos and ruled over the new cosmic balance.

Beloved daughter of Ra, she looks rather fragile and vulnerable, especially if compared to her sisters, but she hides a strong will and an immense strength that is even admired among the gods.

#my art #egyptian mythology #egyptian gods #Maat #ma'at #house of the sun

[aspelladay]

Tongue Control Spell (3)

The following spell counters gossip, slander, and testimony against you. It is most powerful if performed standing at the center of a crossroad, however it may also be accomplished standing at a window. A sudden gust of wind is an extremely auspicious omen.

Blend a pinch of white sugar, a pinch of flour, and a pinch of fine ground salt.

Hold the powder in the palm of your hand while visualizing your desired outcome. Direct your petition to the deity of your choice, if necessary. (If you’d like spiritual assistance but are unsure who to beseech, the archangel Michael and the orisha Ogun, warriors who despise lies, are recommended, as is Ma’at, Egyptian dispenser of ultimate justice.)

Chant: I am innocent of the accusations! [Deity’s name] protect me!

Allow the powders to fly out of your hand.

(from The Element Encyclopedia of 5,000 Spells by Judika Illes)

#spells #courtcase spells #banishing spells #protection spells #banishing gossip #white sugar #flour #salt #michael #ogun #maat #ma'at #crossroads