The Real History Of The Egyptian Gods In Moon Knight – /Film

The primary villain of "Moon Knight" seems to be Harrow, and he serves the goddess Ammit (spelled Ammut in the comic books). Ammit is the goddess of judgment, punishment, and retribution, and she's depicted in the Book of the Dead as a demon with the head of a crocodile, the torso of a wild cat, and the hindquarters of a hippopotamus. She was not worshiped and did not have cults devoted to her, like many of the other gods, but she was thought of as a protective deity and her image was meant to ward against evil. Many feared her, as her name translates to "devourer" and "bone eater," the darker side of the many gods of judgment.

In the comics, she's depicted as a crocodile-headed woman with jackal-headed henchmen, meant to represent the god of embalming, Anubis. Jackals were associated with death because they frequently scavenged corpses during the time, and thus Anubis became one of the gods of death. He was worshipped particularly in the Old Kingdom, prior to the takeover of Osiris, Isis, and other gods of the Ptolemaic period who would go on to make up the Ennead. In "Moon Knight," we see a jackal-headed creature in the museum chasing Steven before he turns into Moon Knight in the bathroom and takes care of business. It's the first time we get to see him in action after the action-blackout sequences earlier in the episode, so it's cool that he's fighting another deity-touched being and not just some random villagers.

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