Maat (Egyptian deity)

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Name (Hebrew)
מע'ת (אל מצרי)
Name (Latin)
Maat (Egyptian deity)
Other forms of name
Mayet (Egyptian deity)
מע'ת (אליל מצרי)
Maat (Egyptian deity)
See Also From tracing topical name
Goddesses, Egyptian
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q170471
Library of congress: no2019052641
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Teeter, E. The presentation of Maat, 1990.
  • Britannica Micro.(Maʻat, or Mayet)
  • Eliade encyc. relig.(Maat)
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Wikipedia description:

Maat or Maʽat (Egyptian: mꜣꜥt /ˈmuʀʕat/, Coptic: ⲙⲉⲓ) comprised the ancient Egyptian concepts of truth, balance, order, harmony, law, morality, and justice. Maat was also the goddess who personified these concepts, and regulated the stars, seasons, and the actions of mortals and the deities who had brought order from chaos at the moment of creation. Her ideological opposite was Isfet (Egyptian jzft), meaning injustice, chaos, violence or to do evil.

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