Maat (Apath)

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The feather of truth

When the universe was created, it was given an innate harmony, and the goddess Maat is the guardian of this cosmic order. She is a deity of balance, justice, law, and truth, and is responsible for the uniform movement of the celestial bodies through the sky and the ordered procession of seasons. Ancient Osirians believed that the legitimacy and efficacy of a pharaoh's reign were dependent on upholding the concepts embodied by Maat, and to prevent the universe from dissolving into chaos, this order must be constantly renewed and preserved by both humans and the gods.

Maat is the daughter of Ra, sister of Bastet, Hathor, and Sekhmet, and the wife of Thoth. Maat presides over the councils of the gods, being impartial, honest, and fair, and she assists Osiris in the judgment of souls as they pass on into the afterlife. As the upholder of cosmic order, Maat is opposed to both Set and Apep, who work to bring about chaos and entropy. Maat usually appears as a woman with a blue ostrich feather on her head. She is often depicted with winged arms, holding an ankh and a was scepter, symbols of life and power, respectively. Her sacred animal is the leopard, because the pattern on its coat represents the stars in the night sky.

Maat is more a creed than an actual religion. Honored in the worship of other gods of law, she has few temples or priests of her own. Paladins often worship Maat as the embodiment of justice, and monks and oracles revere the cosmic truth she embodies.

Alignment: LN goddess of justice, law, order, and truth.

Weapon: Starknife.

Symbol: Blue ostrich feather.

Pathfinder Domains

Knowledge (Thought), Law (Inevitable, Judgement), Protection (Purity), Void (Stars), Weather (Seasons).

External Links

• Maat at Pathfinder Wiki.