Bookmark goddess Maat - a memory of an ancient culture
Deeply rooted in the philosophy of humanity is the wish for order, harmony and justice.
Bookmark goddess Maat
The pretty bookmark goddess Maat brings the ancient Egyptian history close to children. Things, that occupied humans many years ago, still is current. The bookmark goddess Maar reminds kids about standards of value, that are as valid in today's society as they were thousands of years ago. The bookmark goddess Maat offers children the opportunity of using their fantasy and being creative.
19x17 is the size of the bookmark goddess Maat. It consists out of real handmade papyrus from Egypt, the land of pharaohs.
- size of the bookmark: 19x7 cm
- real premium papyrus
- goddess Maat on handmade papyrus
- Goddess Maat embodiment of order and justice - the counterpart is Isfet - chaos
- Maat personifies the principal of order, truth, uprightness and justice.
In depictions she was imaged with a ostrich feather on her head and a Anch in the hand, the attribute of gods, the cross of life.
A special meaning had the feather. When a human died, his Ka came into the empire of death. It had to made his way with many obstacles to the judgement of the death, wirer it was put into a scalepan and weighed in comparison to the feather of goddess Maat. The god Anubis examined and Thot told the result the god of the underworld, Osiris. Was the heart too heavy, it was a sign that the dead person had lived not true to Maat's standard during life and had to die a second death - a horrible idea for humans of today.
A light heart was liked by Osiris and the dead person could live with the gods.
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