Amentet
/ˌɑː.mənˈtɛt/noun
Amentet is the ancient Egyptian personification of the western land of the dead and, by extension, the afterlife.
Did you know?Amentet was associated with the western horizon because the sun’s daily disappearance made the west a symbolic gateway to death and rebirth.
Etymological Timeline
Middle Egyptian, c. 2000 BCE
Egyptian
ỉmntt
“The western one; the feminine personification of the west”
New Kingdom, c. 1550–1070 BCE
Egyptian
Amentet
“The western realm or goddess connected with the dead and the setting sun”
Ptolemaic Period, c. 305–30 BCE
Greek/Egyptian
Amenti
“A Greek rendering associated with the Egyptian western land of the dead”
Late Antiquity
Coptic/Greek
Imentet
“A variant form referring to the west or western afterlife”
19th Century
English
Amentet
“An English Egyptological form for the Egyptian western realm or its personification”
Modern English
English
Amentet
“A proper name in Egyptology and comparative mythology for the Egyptian afterlife’s western domain”