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| Maat Goddess of Justice |
The ancient Goddess Maat represented for the Egyptian nation the concept of a structured world that brought order and equilibrium, ethical values and justice, culture and creativity. She was the personification of cosmic harmony and equilibrium. Maat was the opposite to everything that was disordered, chaotic, destructive, and unjust. All Pharoahs and kings had to bring order to their kingdom and world about them and therefore it was important “Ma’at” was in place.
Maat personified all that brought order and was regarded as the daughter or companion of the sun-god. She was shown in human form with an ostrich feather on her head and sometimes she was shown with the wings of a divine being. Not until the New Kingdom did she really begin to have a cult on her own. Then she became part of the set of gods that were worshiped at Karnak and Memphis. I hope she is looking after the ordinary people of Egypt just now.
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