Egyptian mythology
Maat
Goddess of Justice, Truth, and Cosmic Order
- Mythology
- Egyptian mythology
- Parents
- Ra
- Group
- Fate · Sky · Creation · Truth · Divine · Death · Wisdom · Underworld · Judgment · Maat
- Objects
- Book of the Dead · Feather of Maat · Solar Barque
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Maat is truth, justice, and the right order of the cosmos itself, made into a goddess who wears a single ostrich feather upon her head. By her the sun rises on schedule, the seasons turn, and the king rules justly; without her the world slides back into chaos. In the hall of judgment her feather is set on the scales against the heart of the dead, and only the soul that balances it may pass into eternity. From the lowest laborer to the pharaoh, every Egyptian was held to her measure.
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- Who is Maat?
- Maat is truth, justice, and the right order of the cosmos itself, made into a goddess who wears a single ostrich feather upon her head. By her the sun rises on schedule, the seasons turn, and the king rules justly; without her the world slides back into chaos.
- Which mythology does Maat belong to?
- Maat belongs to Egyptian mythology.
- Which stories does Maat appear in?
- Maat appears in Aten and the Amarna Revolution, The Weighing of the Heart, Osiris: King of the Dead, told as chaptered audio dramas in MythologyNow.
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MythologyNow. (2026). Maat. https://www.mythologynow.app/en/gods/maat"Maat." MythologyNow, 2026, https://www.mythologynow.app/en/gods/maat.MythologyNow. "Maat." Accessed 2026. https://www.mythologynow.app/en/gods/maat.Listen to the stories of Maat
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