Ma'at - Ancient Egyptian Goddess who personified the spirit of the nation from earliest times: cosmic harmony and equilibrium. The Goddess Ma'at was often depicted as a woman wearing an ostrich feather on her head, and sometimes with the wings of a divine being. She maintained a vital role in the mortuary rituals of Egypt, where the heart of the deceased was weighed against the feather of Ma'at. Ma'at remained the ethical and moral foundation of the Egyptian people. The spiritual ideal of the ancient Egyptians... Ma'at was turned into a single philosophical or spiritual concept that was in part derived from observation of the universe and the celestial beings in the night sky. Ma'at was cosmic harmony, justice, order and peace. Each new King claimed to have restored the spirit of Ma'at upon his accession to the throne. Ma'at was the model for human behaviour in conformity with the will of the Gods, the universal order evident in the heavens, cosmic balance upon the earth, the mirror of celestial beauty. Many Egyptians made a sincere effort in almost every historical era to achieve the reflection of celestial harmony, believing that Ma'at was the true essence of creation, evident in every new human life span and again in each hour upon the earth or in the sky. ---Dictionary of Ancient Egypt by Margaret Bunson Another daughter of RA (also ISIS) Maat was a goddess of harmony and the balance of all earthly things.