Ammit
(redirected from Ahemait)Ammit
part hippopotamus, part lion, with jaws like a crocodile’s. [Egypt. Myth.: Leach]
See: Monsters
Ammit
half-hippopotamus, half-lion monster of underworld; ate the sinful. [Egyptian Myth.: Leach, 50]
See: Punishment
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