Funeral Service Practice Exam

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Which Egyptian demon was known for devouring those with heavy impure hearts?

Ammit
Ra
Bastet
Thoth

The correct answer is: Ammit

Ammit is the correct choice as this demon is specifically associated with the judgment of the dead in ancient Egyptian mythology. During the weighing of the heart ceremony, souls were judged based on the purity of their hearts. If an individual's heart was found to be heavy with sin and impurities, Ammit, often depicted as a creature with the head of a crocodile, the body of a lion, and the hindquarters of a hippopotamus, would devour that heart. This act condemned the soul to a fate worse than death, as it would cease to exist rather than move on to the afterlife. The other figures do not fulfill this role in mythology. Ra is known as the sun god and creator deity, while Bastet is associated with home, fertility, and domesticity, and Thoth is the god of wisdom, writing, and knowledge. None of them are depicted as having the role of devouring the impure in the way Ammit does in the ancient Egyptian belief system.