Ab (Egyptian heart-soul concept)
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Ab is the Egyptian concept of the "heart-soul", the principal of seven souls believed to be carried in a life. It was believed to be a drop from the heart of the mother of a child at conception. It was typically portrayed as a person who is weighed by the goddess Ma'at after death. The other souls were aakhu, ba, ka, khaibut, khat, and ren.