. Osiris and the Egyptian resurrection;. he weig-hinCT of the heart of adeceased person, but the care whichhe displayed in scrutinizing the posi-tion of the pointer of the Balance,and his obvious anxiety lest the heartshould gain any advantage to which itwas not legally entitled, make it quiteclear that the deceased could expectno favour from him. Close by the Balance, however,stood the ibis-headed god Thoth,holding his reed and palette, and hewatched the weiorhing of the heartof the servant of Osiris as carefully as he watched thetrial of Osiris himself. Near the Balance also sat or crouched
. Osiris and the Egyptian resurrection;. he weig-hinCT of the heart of adeceased person, but the care whichhe displayed in scrutinizing the posi-tion of the pointer of the Balance,and his obvious anxiety lest the heartshould gain any advantage to which itwas not legally entitled, make it quiteclear that the deceased could expectno favour from him. Close by the Balance, however,stood the ibis-headed god Thoth,holding his reed and palette, and hewatched the weiorhing of the heartof the servant of Osiris as carefully as he watched thetrial of Osiris himself. Near the Balance also sat or crouched the monster Am-mit, ^^^ \\ \\ ufl^X^ or fl f^ f^ ,y^^ the awful Eater of the Dead, a beast which had the head of a crocodile, the body of alion, and the hind-quarters of a hippopotamus. Thiscreature was believed to eat the hearts which were lightin the Balance and were condemned in the judgment,or damned. In the Papyrus of Thena it isHorus, and not Anubis, who conducts the weiohino-of the heart, and Anubis presents the heart of the apes. Skin of an animal sacred to Osiris. From the Greenfeld Papyrus, deceased to the two of Thoth which sit before Osiris as Judge of the Dead 329 Osiris. In the Papyrus of Sutimes Anubis does notappear at the weighing of the heart, which takes place inthe presence of the Maati goddesses, whilst Thoth, in
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