Egyptans believed you had to have your heart weighed before going 2 the afterlife. Why and how?
2006-12-19 04:17:19 · 7 answers · asked by Crisp Star 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The ancient Egyptians believed that the heart recorded all of the good and bad deeds of a person's life, and was needed for judgment in the afterlife. After a person died, the heart was weighed against the feather of Maat (goddess of truth and justice). The scales were watched by Anubis (the jackal-headed god of embalming) and the results recorded by Thoth (the ibis-headed god of writing). If a person had led a decent life, the heart balanced with the feather and the person was rendered worthy to live forever in paradise with Osiris.
2006-12-19 04:24:17 · answer #1 · answered by sugarplum9903 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The how is that they believed the Gods put the heart on one side of a balance and a feather on the other side. If it weighed more than the feather (and remember, this is a figurative heart that the Gods are dealing with--it is the life of the person technically) than it was evil and sent to a hell-like place. If it weighed less it went to a more heaven-like place. To my understanding the ancient Egyptians didn't actually do the weighing themselves. They just taught that the Gods did it.
2006-12-19 04:23:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No weighing machine could ever weigh a heavy heart.
2016-05-23 07:34:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Weighing of the Heart
Here is some information on the gods included in the weighing of the heart. Anubas was the god of embalming and checked the scales when weighing a heart. ...www.up140.jacksn.k12.il.us/Egypt99/Shaw/NZheart.htm -
2006-12-19 04:40:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because sin weighs heavy on the heart. it was weighed against a feather.
2006-12-19 04:34:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good Question!
For real?
I'm waiting for some comments now.....
2006-12-19 04:20:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never knew that...
2006-12-19 04:26:18 · answer #7 · answered by Eva 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋