Amut
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Amut is an ancient egyptian deity that helps Anubis in the judging of the afterlife. When the dead person has completed the Duat maze of deadly monsters, it still has one more monster to meet. The dead person goes into the hall of two truths. Then the person's heart is taken out and placed on the scale with the feather of truth that belongs to the goddess Maat.
If the heart is lighter than the feather, the dead person can go to the afterlife luxary. But if the heart is heavier, than the judging gods bring in Amut.
Amut is part lion, part hippo and part crocodile. Amut is known as the devourer. If the person's heart is heavier than the feather, then Amut eats the heart and the dead person is gone forever. Osiris, god of the dead, does not like bad people in the afterlife.
Amut isn't a god a such, but he helps. He isn't evil although he eats hearts. He just helps eat the evil.
He one of the 2 major monsters that the dead person will meet in the afterlife. The other is the Duat Snake.
The duat is a labyrinth which the dead person using the book of the dead must get through so they can get to the judging. The Duat Snake is a snake near the end of the Duat that spits poison. He is a very big challenge to get through.
