| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Aa Maakhuer" | Egypt | Lion god of truthful speech: "he whose voice, or speech, is right and true"; Book of the Dead. Egypt |
| Goddess name "Ammut (devouress of the dead)" | Egypt | Chthonic underworld goddess. A significant deity who allegedly consumes the dead if their hearts are found weighed down with guilt in the Judgment Hall of the Two Truths during the Weighing of the Heart ceremony. Ammut has a fearsome aspect and sits alongside forty-two juror gods named in the Book of the Dead. Depicted with the head of a crocodile, the trunk and fore-limbs of a lion and the hind part of a hippopotamus.See also THOTH and MAAT.... |
| God name "Anubis" | Egypt | Aka Anpu, Sekhem Em Pet. Messenger from the gods to humans. Pictured with the head of a jackal or dog, or as a dark colored jackal. He, with Maat, weighed human souls for truth and he rules over Wisdom, intelligence, death, embalming, endings, truth, justice, surgery, hospital stays, finding lost things, anesthetics, Medicine, journeys, protection, boats, diplomacy, astral travel, cemeteries. Egypt |
| Goddess name "Asase Yaa" | Ashanti / Ghana, West Africa | Chthonic fertility goddess. A major deity revered over a wide area of Akanand Fante-speaking Ghana. She has no temples or priests but days (Thursdays) are set aside in her honor and no ploughing is permitted. By tradition a farmer sacrifices a çõçkerel to her each year to ensure a good harvest, sprinkling the blood on the ground. As the womb of the earth, she represents the goddess of the dead and she is also goddess of truth. Also Asase Efua (Fante).... |
| Goddess name "Asase Yaa / Asase Efua" | Africa | Chthonic fertility goddess. As the womb of the earth, she represents and is also goddess of truth. Ghana, West Africa |
| Goddess name "Astraea" | Roman / Greek | Goddess of justice, truth, of purity, innocence and modesty. Roman / Greek |
| God name "Babi" | Egypt | Malevolent god. Known from as early as the Old kingdom (circa 2700 BC). Babi is seen as a violent and hostile deity whose presence can be highly dangerous during the ceremony of the Weighing of the Heart in the Hall of the Two Truths (see also AMMUT). Conversely he can also act in a protective capacity. Closely åśśociated with sexual virility in the underworld, Babi is ithyphallic. A god active in the darkness, his śéméñ serves variously as the mast on the underworld ferry boat, and the bolt on heaven's doors. Depicted as an ithyphallic male baboon.... |
| Angel name "Gabriel" | Hebrew / Christian | The angel of death to the favoured people of God, the prince of fire and thunder, and the only angel that can speak Syriac and Chaldee. The Mahometans call him the chief of the four favoured angels, and the spirit of truth. In medi?val romance he is the second of the seven spirits that stand before the throne of God, and, as God's messenger, carries to heaven the prayers of men. Hebrew / Christian |
| God name "Hambwira" | Wisconsin | The Sun god who wanders from land of Winnebago in search for truth. Wisconsin |
| God name "Ignirtoq" | Inuit | A god of light and truth. Inuit |
| God name "MITHRA (friend)" | Persian / Iran | God of the upper air. Originating in India, Mithra is a god of light who was translated into the attendant of the god AHURA MAZDA in the light religion of Persia; from this he was adopted as the Roman deity Mithras. He is not generally regarded as a sky god but a personification of the fertilizing power of warm, light air. According to the Avesta, he possesses 10,000 eyes and ears and rides in a chariot drawn by white horses. In dualistic Zoroastrianism, which effectively demoted him, Mithra is concerned with the endless battle between light and dark forces; he represents truth. He is responsible for the keeping of oaths and contracts. He was born from a rock and, according to legend, engaged in a primeval struggle with Ahura Mazda's first creation, a wild bull, which he subdued and confined to a cave. The bull escaped, but was recaptured by Mithra, who slit its throat. From the blood sprang plant life on earth. His chief adversary is AHRIMAN, the power of darkness. Mithra is not generally worshiped on his own, but as an integral part of the Mithraic worship of Ahura Mazda, where he acts as an intercessor between gods and men. In the Hellenic period he was transformed more closely to the role of a Sun god. See also AHURA MAZDA.... |
| Goddess name "Maat" | Egypt | A goddess of justice, truth & stability |
| Goddess name "Maat" | Egypt | Minor goddess of cosmic order. Epitomizing the harmonious laws of the cosmic order. She is recognized from the middle of the third millennium, and probably earlier, closely åśśociated with the creator deities and particularly the Sun god. In later times she was described as the daughter of Re. Her only known sanctuary is in the complex of Karnak at Thebes. Maat is depicted either in human form wearing an ostrich plume on her head or by an ostrich feather alone. The rulers of Egypt believed that they governed under her aegis and frequently had themselves described as beloved of Maat. Maat was also integral to the success of a soul påśśing through the Hall of the Two Truths, where the heart was weighed, to reach Paradise.... |
| God name "Mithras" | Greco - Roman | God of soldiers. Derived from the Indian-Persian model. He became particularly prominent among military people throughout the Roman Empire during the first and second centuries AD, as a god symbolizing loyalty and truth. The cult was performed in an underground temple, the mitbraeum, and involved the sacrifice of a bull. Mithraism, under Roman influence, was an exclusively male cult.... |
| Goddess name "Thmei" | Egypt | The goddess of truth. Egypt |
| Goddess name "Vac (speech)" | Hindu / Vedic | Goddess of the spoken word. In some texts she is a daughter of DAKSA and consort of KASYAPA. Alternatively she is the daughter of Ambhrna. Also known by the epithet queen of the gods, Vac is the personification of the phenomenon of speech and oral communication. She gives the boon of hearing, speech and sight and she can lead a man to become a Brahman. She also personifies truth and sustains somathe liquid essence of vision and immortality. She is said to have created the four Vedas, the basis of the earliest Hindu mythology.... |
| Goddess name "Veritas" | Roman | The goddess of truth and a daughter of Saturn. Roman |
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Maat
Goddess had very similar looks as Isis. Maat had long black hair; she usually wore a golden crown on her head. Two ostrich feather extended from her headdress, they were a symbol of her honor and prestige. Sometimes she would hold items of stature, and she was occasionally seen with a scepter. She had very small ears, and an expressionless face. In most of her pictures she had wings, like Isis. Her wings were more like hawk wings, instead of a falcons wings. She wore an elegant white robe. She was not seen with much jewelry on. She was depicted kneeling or sitting on her heels.
Significance:
Maat or Ma'at refers to the ancient Egyptian concepts of truth, balance, order, harmony, law, morality, and justice. She was said to be the heart of all that died. It was close to your heart that she would judge you, to determine your direction of passage. When Ra first created life she was put in charge of regulating the chaos, often in charge of keeping the stars inline. She had the task of keeping the universe from returning to chaos. She was often associated with the Pharaoh’s, because it was both of their duties to keep the world truthful and just. The dead had to get Maat’s approval after they died to pass on to the afterlife. Maat was the concept of right and wrong, if you committed a wrong you would be sat in front of her to confess your sins.
She was a seeker of truth. Her ideals still hold true today in our court systems. She was called the judge of all godly decisions. During the judgment of life, Maat was shown as two identical gods, sitting on either side of Anubis. All gods loved nourishment, truth, and justice. Above all other offerings they wanted these three items. In the ritual of the cult, it was the offering of Maat which genuinely pleased the gods more than any other items. In temples we see picture, after picture, of kings being offered miniature images of Maat. The kings were more please with these gifts than any amount of treasure.
Family:
She was thought to be a son of Ra. She also had a husband Thoth. She formed part of the entourage of Osiris. However, all beings were a son of Ra. Some believe that she was formed at the creation of the universe. In this instance she would not have a father or son.
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