Egyptian · No. 060
Keeper of the Twelve Gates of the Duat
Inspired by: The twelve hours of night in the underworld, described in the Amduat and the Book of Gates.
She holds the key to every gate. She lends none.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Category
- Monster
- ATK
- 2300
- DEF
- 2300
- Level
- 7
- Type
- Deity
- Element
- Darkness
- Constellations
- Moon · Crown
The myth
In the royal tombs of the New Kingdom, the walls showed the sun's night journey through the Duat, divided into twelve hours. The Amduat, what is in the underworld, and the Book of Gates described each hour as a region, and in the Book of Gates each was separated by a guarded gate. Budge published these texts as The Egyptian Heaven and Hell. Knowing the names of the guardians was essential to pass. The Keeper of the Twelve Gates, who holds every key and lends none, is a MYTHENOR creation.
Why it has this power
A rare level 7 Deity of Darkness with 2300 ATK and 2300 DEF, obtained only by fusion: Keeper of the Eternal Threshold plus any Undead, the doorkeeper who comes to command the dead. Moon beats Wisp and Crown beats Scarab.
Did you know
The name Amduat means, in Egyptian, that which is in the underworld.
Connections
- Born from the fusion of: Keeper of the Eternal Threshold + Undead
Where to get it
- Campaign drop: Merytamun, the Last Sentinel (The Obsidian Necropolis) — grade S: 16% · grade A: 16% · grade B: 16% · grade C: 16% · grade D: 10%
- Born from the fusion of: Keeper of the Eternal Threshold + Undead
Sources
- The Egyptian Heaven and Hell (Book of Am-Tuat and Book of Gates) — E. A. Wallis Budge (sacred-texts.com)
- The Book of the Dead (introduction and chapter summaries) — E. A. Wallis Budge (Project Gutenberg)