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By Sophia Hoagland
The Ba and the Ka
The Egyptian soul was divided into 5 parts, which were the:
Ka - a person’s life forceBa - the person’s personalitySheut - a person’s shadowRen - a person’s nameIb - a person’s heart
The Egyptian Soul
Human’s personality Responsible for guiding conscience Only humans and gods had a ba Fly with person to the Hall of Judgment If body was damaged it couldn’t return
The Ba
Life force and spiritual twin Followed person around during life like shadow Merged with body after death Traveled back to body with ba every night from land of the
living If body was damaged it couldn’t return Pharaohs could have multiple kas
The Ka
If you were a ba, your jobs would be to:Guide a person’s
conscience during lifeGuide the person to
Hall of Judgment after death
Make up all qualities of that person that are non-physical
Follow a person around during life like shadow
Eat offerings made by people
Give the person spiritual essence
Purposes If you were a ka, your jobs would be to:
Sheut – the person’s shadow; person could not exist without it
Ib – heart; weighed against Feather of Truth; center of thought and emotion
Ren – name; as long as your name was spoken and remembered, you could have an afterlife
Other Three Parts
Fadl, Ayman. "Ba and Ka Comparison." Aldokkan.com. N.p., 4 Dec. 2012. Web. 28 Oct. 2013.
"Ba and Ka." Library.thinkquest.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Nov. 2013.
Dunn, Jimmy. "The Ancient Egyptian Ka." Touregypt.net. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Nov. 2013.
"Egyptian Soul." Princeton.edu. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Nov. 2013. Marie, Rose, and Rainer Hagen. Egypt. Italy: Taschen, n.d.
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