Wepwawet and The Assessor Gods
	Homepage  Ammut and Amun  Anubis and Apis  Apophis and Aten  Atum and Bastet  Bes and Geb  Hapy and Hathor  Horus and Imhotep  Isis and Khepry  Khnum and Khonsu  Maat and Montu  Mut and Neith  Nekhbet and Nephthys  Nut and Osiris  Ptah and Re  Sekhmet and Sarapis  Selqet and Seth  Shu and Sobek  Taweret and Tefnut  Thoth and Wadjyt  Wepwawet and The Assessor Gods  Sons of Horus and Underworld Deities  Pharaoh		WEPWAWET WEPWAWET IS A JACKAL-GOD OF UPPER EGYPT. HE FIRST APPEARS ON EARLY EGYPTIAN BATTLE STANDARDS THAT WERE PARADED BEFORE THE RULER TO CELEBRATE A MILITARY TRIUMPH. Wepwawet's name means 'Opener of the Ways' and suits a god who goes before the pharaoh on military campaigns to extend the frontiers of Egypt. Wepwawet is also 'Opener of the Ways' for the dead through the perils of the underworld. In a ritual drama performed at Abydos concerning OSIRIS, Wepwawet fends off attacks on the god's boat in the procession by enemies symbolizing supporters of SETH. Three assessor gods THE ASSESSOR GODS EVERY PERSON HAS TO ENTER THE BROAD HALL OF THE TWO TRUTHS TO BE JUDGED. The dead person's heart is weighed in a pair of scales against MAAT, the goddess of Truth. She has the form of an women with an ostrich feather on her head or sometimes just the feather. ANUBIS checks the scales while THOTH as a baboon sometimes sits on top in his role as god of accuracy. Forty-two Assessor Gods - one for each district of Upper and Lower Egypt- now interrogate the deceased about their past life. Each god is named, sometimes in a way to inspire terror such as 'Bone-Breaker' or 'Blood-drinker'. The Book of the Dead provides the right answers to these questions. No lies can be told in the presence of MAAT. If the person comes out well from this examination, THOTH declares them 'True of Voice' and they are then led by Horus into the realm of OSIRIS. Otherwise their hopes for paradise will be crushed in the jaws of the goddess AMMUT.