Maat

Maat

(Deity)

Titles

The Feather of Truth

Alignment

Lawful neutral

Areas of Concern

Justice, law, order, truth

Edicts

Defend civilization from chaos, embody justice and honesty, be truthful and impartial in judgement

Anathema

Treat family or community unfairly, lie, destroy the natural world

Cleric Alignments (1E)

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Domains (1E)

Knowledge, Law, Protection, Void, Weather

Subdomains (1E)

Inevitable, Judgment, Purity, Seasons, Stars, Thought

Cleric Alignments (2E)

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Domains (2E)

Knowledge, protection, star, truth

Favored Weapon

Starknife

Symbol

Blue ostrich feather

Sacred Animal

Leopard

Source: Empty Graves, pg(s). 70 (1E)
Gods & Magic, pg(s). 124–125 (2E)

Maat (or Ma'at as it is sometimes spelled) is the Ancient Osirian goddess of balance, justice, and truth, guardian of cosmic order. She embodies the concepts that a pharaoh must uphold for a legitimate, efficient reign, lest everything dissolve into chaos. She is also responsible for the movement of celestial bodies across the sky, and the procession of the seasons.

Appearance

Maat appears as a woman with a blue ostrich feather on her head and winged arms, carrying an ankh and a was scepter representing life and power.

Relationships

A Family Tree of the Osirian Pantheon.

Maat is the daughter of Ra, sister of Bastet, Hathor and Sekhmet, and wife of Thoth. She presides over the councils of the gods due to her impartiality and honesty, assists Pharasma in the judgement of souls, and opposes Set and Apep for their attempts to sow chaos.

Cults

Maat is worshipped by paladins as the embodiment of justice, and monks and oracles for the cosmic truth she embodies.