Maat’s Family Tree

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Family

• Ra(parent)— Miraculous

  Ma'at is the daughter of Ra, embodying the cosmic order and truth that the sun god established at creation and sustains through his daily journey.

• Thoth(spouse)— Consort

  Maat, the embodiment of cosmic truth, is paired with Thoth as his consort — she who sets the order of the universe joined with he who measures, records, and upholds it.

  ⚠ The Maat-Thoth pairing appears primarily in Hermopolitan theology and select Coffin Text passages. Other traditions present Seshat or no consort for Thoth.

Associated with

• Ammit

  When a heart outweighs Ma'at's feather in the scales of judgment, Ammit devours it, destroying the soul. Ma'at's standard thus determines whether each deceased enters paradise or faces oblivion.

• Anubis

  Anubis uses the feather of Ma'at as the counterweight in the weighing of the heart, measuring the deceased's virtue against the goddess's standard of truth and cosmic order.

• Forty-Two Assessors

  Each of the Forty-Two Assessors wears the feather of Ma'at and embodies one facet of cosmic truth — the deceased must satisfy every aspect of her law or be found wanting before the scales.

• Hall of Two Truths

  The Hall of Two Truths takes its name from Ma'at, serving as the sacred chamber where her feather is weighed against the hearts of the dead in the ultimate test of moral worth.

• Meskhenet

  Meskhenet's testimony in the judgment contributes to the weighing of the heart against Ma'at's feather, the birth goddess's account of the deceased's fate measured against the standard of cosmic truth.

• Osiris

  Osiris presides over the Hall of Two Truths where Ma'at's feather determines the fate of the dead, her standard of truth serving as the measure in his court of judgment.

• Ra

  Maat stands at the prow of Ra's solar barque, her presence guiding the sun god along the rightful course through sky and underworld, cosmic order made manifest as navigator of the celestial journey.

• Thoth

  Thoth records the weighing of each heart against the feather of Ma'at in the Hall of Two Truths, his reed pen scratching the verdict that grants eternal life or condemns the soul to oblivion.