Editing Ammit (section)

== Nomenclature ==
Ammit ({{langx|egy|{{linktext|ꜥm-mwt}}}}; {{lang|egy|{{linktext|ꜣmt mwtw}}}}<ref name="snape"/>) means "''devourer of the dead''"<ref name="taylor2001"/><ref name="woerterbuch" /> ("''devoureress of the dead''"<ref name="hart"/>{{Refn|Female "devourer of the dead".<ref name="wilkinson" />}}) or "''swallower of the dead''",<ref name="snape"/> where {{lang|egy|{{linktext|ꜥm}}}} is the verb "to swallow",<ref>{{harvp|Erman|Grapow|1926|p=103}}. {{lang|egy|ꜥm}} '{{lang|de|{{linktext|verschlucken}}}} [swallow]'</ref> and {{lang|egy|{{linktext|mwt}}}} signifies "the dead", more specifically the dead who had been adjudged not to belong to the {{lang|egy|{{linktext|akhu}}}} ("blessed dead") who abided by the code of truth ([[Maat|Ma'at]]).<ref name="taylor2001"/>{{Refn|group="lower-alpha"|She was also called "eater of [[heart]]s", and "great of death" in her capacity as an underworld deity.<ref name="wilkinson" />}}