This is Anubis - Egyptian protector of the underworld. After they died, an Egyptian's heart would be weighed on a 'scale' by Anubis, against the "feather of Ma'at" (the feather of truth/justice), and then judged by Osiris (the god of life and death). A pure heart would be equal in weight to that of the feather of Ma'at, and the person would be able to live for the rest of eternity in peace. If the person's heart was heavy with burdon, however, it would weigh more than the feather of Ma'at, and the Egyptian with the heavy heart would be fed to Osiris' vicious baboon, Babi or fed to Ammit, the "bone devourer". In the event that a heart was lighter than the feather of Ma'at, that Egyptian would be sent to an area of Duat called "Aaru", a realm ruled by Osiris where Egyptians could exist in pleasure for all eternity.
I find Egyptian mythology very interesting, and decided that this would be a perfect interperatation for this weeks theme 'scale'.
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This is a very original idea and I like the description. Btw: your 'famous' portraits are wonderful!
interesting story, and a neat charming illustration to go with it!! btw, the first thing that struck my mind for IF's theme was the idea of the weight balance, but wasnt quite sure how to do it... you've done a great job!! ;o)
you did your research on this one, great illustration.
Hey lauren, thanks for visiting my blog. You have sime nice stuff. I really like you r portraits. Always find that difficult. keep up the great work
What a marvelous scale idea! Very nice.
Oh by the way, I love your Johnny Depp work from your previous entries.
Nice! I like the way the color of the god's head relates to the hieroglyphics.
Thank you all so much for your kind works!
And, I am so glad that you like my portraits too, I really should do some more of those soon :)
Great illustration! You should do a whole book!
That's a lovely rendering of Egyptian art. I'm so inspired by those old hieroglyphics too! This piece strikes a nice balance (pun intended).
Thanks for your comments! :)
You really did this because libras rock, didn't you? ;-)
Your blog keeps getting better and better! Your older articles are not as good as newer ones you have a lot more creativity and originality now keep it up!
Blogs are so informative where we get lots of information on any topic. Nice job keep it up!!
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I've been studying a lot of books about this old culture... they were an exceptional civilization and I'd like to learn more about them, specially if you are posting new interpretations about its approaches.
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