Aku - Evil

Japanese: アク - あく
Aku - Evil

…One of the three ancient Egyptian spiritual concepts, along with the Akh. It is usually depicted as a bearded, human-headed falcon with human hands, flying over the mortal body (khat) of the dead person's mummy, holding an inflated sail representing air or breathing to the mummy's nostrils in one hand and an ankh, the symbol of life, in the other.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Aku" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…古代エジプトにおける,カー,アクAkhとならぶ三つの霊(魂)的な概念の一つ。普通,顎髭をはやし,人間の手をもった人頭の鷹で,死すべき肉体(カート)たる死者のミイラの上を飛び回り,一方の手で空気や呼吸を表すふくらんだ帆をミイラの鼻穴にあて,他の手に生命のシンボルたるアンクを持った姿で表現される。…

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