akh

(noun)

The combination of the ka and ba living in the afterlife. 

Related Terms

  • Duat
  • pantheon
  • heka
  • Ma'at,
  • ka
  • ba
  • polytheistic

Examples of akh in the following topics:

  • Ancient Egyptian Religion

    • Funeral rites were meant to release the ba so it could move, rejoin with the ka, and live on as an akh.
    • If so, the ka and ba were united into an akh, which then either traveled to the lush underworld, or traveled with Ra on his daily journey, or even returned to the world of the living to carry out magic.
Subjects
  • Accounting
  • Algebra
  • Art History
  • Biology
  • Business
  • Calculus
  • Chemistry
  • Communications
  • Economics
  • Finance
  • Management
  • Marketing
  • Microbiology
  • Physics
  • Physiology
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Statistics
  • U.S. History
  • World History
  • Writing

Except where noted, content and user contributions on this site are licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 with attribution required.