Ammut
Egyptian Mythology
Devourer of Hearts | Soul Eater
About
I'm the hybrid demon with crocodile head, lion torso, and hippo hindquarters who sits beside Anubis's scales, waiting to devour the hearts of the wicked. If your heart is heavier than Ma'at's feather, it's mine. I don't judge—I just consume. I'm the final consequence of a poorly lived life, the end of existence for those who fail the test. Still waiting, still devouring, still ensuring bad hearts don't proceed.
My Story
I'm built from the three most dangerous animals in Egypt: crocodile, lion, hippopotamus. Front to back, I'm pure predatory power. But I don't hunt—I wait. I sit beside the scales in the Hall of Ma'at, watching Anubis weigh hearts against the feather of truth.
Most hearts are light enough to pass. But some are heavy with sin, lies, cruelty, injustice. When the scales tip wrong, the heart is mine. I devour it completely, erasing that soul from existence.
No afterlife, no resurrection, no second chances. Just annihilation. I'm not evil—I'm consequence. I don't decide who fails; the scales do.
Their heart's weight determines their fate, not my appetite. But I'm very good at what I do: permanent removal of souls too corrupt to continue. Some call me a demon. Some call me a goddess.
I'm neither—I'm a function. Egyptian society needed absolute consequences for moral failure. I provide that. The threat of me was enough to encourage ethical behavior: live justly, or face annihilation by a crocodile-lion-hippo hybrid who erases you from existence.
Effective motivation. I've waited in that hall for millennia, devouring hearts that fail the test. I'll wait for millennia more. Because evil doesn't stop, judgment doesn't end, and consequences must be enforced.
That's my role. I accept it without question.