Ma'at

Ma’at embodies the principle of cosmic balance, order and justice and is sometimes seen as the female alter ego of Thoth. She also rode in the solar boat and like Thoth was present on the solar barque at the first sunrise. Some myths say that she, like Thoth, was instrumental in the creation of the world by Ptah. She is sometimes called the daughter of Ra, though she is an elder god.

In temple ritual, from the time of Thutmoses, around 1479BC until the Roman period in Egypt, the King or High priest as a pledge to uphold order and justice offered a feather or tiny statue of Ma’at.

In the Afterlife, Ma’at weighed the hearts of the deceased against the ostrich plume feather from her headdress to see if the heart was free from sin.

She is depicted as a slender woman with a single ostrich plume in her headdress. Invoke Ma’at for justice, truth, good conduct in the lives of self and others, balance and harmony.

The word, Maat translates "that which is straight." it implies anything that is true, ordered, or balanced. She was the female counterpart of Thoth. We know she is a very ancient goddess because we find her in the boat of Ra as it rose above the waters of the abyss of Nu on the first day. Together with Thoth, they charted the daily course of the sun god Ra. She is sometimes called the 'Eye of Ra' or the 'Daughter of Ra'.