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Ammut
アーマーンAman
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Artwork from Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers

Artwork from Devil Children Black Book and Red Book

Origin Egyptian culture
Race(s) AkumaDevil Children Black Book and Red Book
Devil Children White Book

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Ammut is a Demon in the Megami Tensei franchise.

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Origin

Ammut, also spelled Ammit or Ahemait,[a] is an ancient Egyptian goddess who plays a part in the judgement of the dead. According to chapter 125 of Book of the Dead, Ammut devours hearts heavy with sin on the scales. This prevents the deceased individual from passing into Aaru, condemning them to eternity in Duat, the world of the dead. She is depicted as a quadruped, possessing the head of a crocodile, the upper body of a lion, and the lower body of a hippopotamus.

In Egyptian, her name ꜥm-mwt means "she who devours the dead."

Design

Ammut's default depiction in the series is that of a red-eyed crocodile with the front legs of a lion and the hind legs of a hippopotamus. She stands upright with her mouth open to the sky, held in place by metal chains connecting to a collar around her neck.

In Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner, Ammut is light brown with an olive green belly, gold front legs and dark brown back legs. The chains around her neck are dark gray. In Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers, Ammut's body is black, her belly is orange-brown, and the chains at her neck are gray; this version of Ammut is the one used throughout the series at large.

Gameplay

For complete gameplay information, see Gameplay:Ammut.

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Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey

A creature of Egyptian lore with the head of a crocodile, the front legs of a lion, and the hind legs of a hippo.

When a person dies, he must be judged by Osiris. His heart is weighed on a scale, and if the heart is heavier than the feather of truth, the heart is given to Ammut to devour, denying the dead of eternal life.

Shin Megami Tensei IV

A creature of Egyptian lore with the head of a crocodile, the front legs of a lion, and the hind legs of a hippo.

When a person dies, he must be judged by Osiris. His heart is weighed on a scale, and if the heart is heavier than the feather of truth, the heart is given to Ammut to devour, denying the dead of eternal life.

Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse

A creature of Egyptian lore with the head of a crocodile, the front legs of a lion, and the hind legs of a hippo.
When a person dies, he must be judged by Osiris. His heart is weighed on a scale, and if the heart is heavier than the feather of truth, the heart is given to Ammut to devour, denying the dead of eternal life.

Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2

A creature of Egyptian lore with the head of a crocodile, the front legs of a lion, and the hind legs of a hippo. When a person dies, he must be judged by Osiris. His heart is weighed on a scale, and if the heart is heavier than the feather of truth, the heart is given to Ammut to devour, denying the dead of eternal life. His name means "the one who greedily devours".

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner
(Akuma Zensho; PSP)

出身地：エジプト

エジプト神話の、ワニの頭、ライオンの前足、カバの後ろ足を持った魔物。

エジプトでは、人間が死ぬとオシリス神の法廷に出廷して裁きを受けるとされる。死者の心臓は抜き出されて天秤の皿におかれ、死者が行った証言が真実かどうか判定される。

天秤が傾くと、その心臓はそばに控えているアーマーンに与えられる。アーマーンはこれを大口で食らう。心臓を食われた死者は、もう二度と復活することができない。
Translation: Place of origin: Egypt

A demon of Egyptian myth with the head of a crocodile, forelegs of a lion, and hind legs of a hippo.

In Egypt, when a human dies, they are summoned to the court of the god Osiris and receives judgment. Their heart is taken and placed on the plate of the scales, and the human's testimony is judged to be true or not.

If the scales lower, the heart is given to Ammut, who lies in wait nearby, and eats it with its big mouth. The person whose heart was eaten can never again be revived.

Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
(3DS)

A creature from Egyptian lore with the head of a crocodile, the front legs of a lion, and the hind legs of a hippo. When a person dies, he must be judged by Osiris. His heart is weighed on a scale, and if the heart is heavier than the feather of truth, their heart is given to Ammut to devour, denying the dead of eternal life.

Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth

A creature of Egyptian lore with the head of a crocodile, the front legs of a lion, and the hind legs of a hippo. When a man dies and is judged by Osiris, his heart is weighed on a scale to judge whether or not he speaks the truth.

Devil Children Black Book and Red Book GBC: ワニのあたまと　カバのアシをもつ　くいしんぼうな　デビル　わるいニンゲンの　タマシイをたべる
PS: ワニの頭と　カバの足を持つ　食いしんぼうな　デビル　悪い人間の　タマシイを食べる
Translation: Has the head of a crocodile and the legs of a hippo. A gluttonous devil that eats the souls of evil humans.
Devil Children White Book ワニのあたまと　カバのアシをもつ　くいしんぼうな　デビル　わるいニンゲンの　タマシイをたべる
Translation: Has the head of a crocodile and the legs of a hippo. A gluttonous devil that eats the souls of evil humans.
Devil Survivor 2

An Egyptian creature with the head of a crocodile, the front legs of a lion, and the hind legs of a hippopotamus.

When humans die, their heart is weighed at the court of Osiris, deciding their fate. If the scales tip towards the heart, it is given to Ammut to eat. Those whose hearts are eaten cannot continue their journey toward immortality.

Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker
Kētai Akuma Densho

エジプト神話に登場する怪物。ワニの頭、獅子の前足、カバの後ろ足を持つ。

出身地：エジプト
アーマーンは、エジプトに伝わる死後の裁判として有名な「死者の書」に登場する怪物で、死者がオシリス神により「魂の裁判」を受けるとされる裁判場にいるとされている。アヌビス神の側で裁判の様子を記録するトト神の背後に控えており、天秤の上に乗せられた死者の心臓と真理の女神マアトの羽根がつりあわなかった場合、このアーマーンが死者を食べると言われている。アーマーンに食われた死者は、永久に現世に復活することができないと言われる。
Translation: A monster appearing in Egyptian myth. Has the head of a crocodile, the forefeet of a lion and the hind feet of a hippo.

Place of origin: Egypt
Ammut is a monster who became known in Egypt as a judge of the dead after its appearance in the "Book of the Dead", where the dead are said to receive the trial known as the "Judgment of the Soul" from the god Osiris. Beside the god Anubis, the god Thoth recorded the circumstances of the trial in the background. It was said that, in the event that the heart of the dead was not balanced with the feather of the goddess of truth, Maat, on the scales, Ammut would eat the dead. The dead eaten by Ammut were said to be unable to be revived into this world for eternity.

Nomenclature

Kazuma Kaneko Works VI claims that the Japanese name Aman (アーマーン) is another name for it, meaning 'Devourer'.[1]

Names in Other Languages
Language Name Meaning
English Ammut
Japanese アーマーン Āmān Aman. Corruption of Ammut.
アーマンDevil Children Black Book and Red Book
Devil Children White Book
 Āman		 Aman. Corruption of Ammut.
Korean 아망 Amang Aman
음마DeviChil
 Presumed to be the Sino-Korean pronunciation of 音魔

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Notes

  1. ↑ Egyptian: 𓂝𓅓𓄈𓅓𓏏𓏥𓀐, romanized ꜥm-mwt

References

  1. ↑ "エジプト神話の幻獣アメミットの別称。名前の意味は「貪り食うもの」。" Translation: "A mythical beast from Egyptian myth, also named Amemit. Its name means "Devourer"." "Exposition", Kazuma Kaneko Works VI. Published by Shinkigensha. Japanese. p. 25.
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