Duat

English Alternative forms en Tuat Etymology From en egy dwꜣt dwꜣt d-wA-t:dwAt. en Te. Proper noun en Egyptian mythology en Aaru, a land of the dead near the rising sun. en Egyptian mythology The Egyptian underworld surrounding the eastward course of the sun during the night, in which the spirits of the dead undergo trials and perform rituals to receive admittance to Aaru. Usage notes Surviving Egyptian accounts of the afterlife are primarily concerned with the myths and rituals necessary to allow the a person to continue existing in some form after death, but mentions of Duat seem to shift over the centuries from describing a land of the dead in the east (later improving to the paradisical Field of Reeds) to the underground land leading to it. Synonyms en Te, en Amenthes; see also Thesaurus:afterlife Translations Coptic: cop ⲧⲏ Egyptian: egy dwꜣt d-wA-t:dwAt Greek: Ancient Greek: grc Ἀμένθης Latin: la Amenthes en Afterlife