What is the Ancient Egyptian word for 'soul'?

The ancient Egyptians believed that a human soul was made up of five parts: the Ren (name), the Ba (personality), the Ka (vital spark — life force), the Sheut (shadow), and the Ib (heart).[1] So there isn't really one single “soul”, but different aspects of a soul or many different things that make up a soul. read more

The ancient Egyptians believed that a human soul was made up of five parts: the Ren (name), the Ba (personality), the Ka (vital spark — life force), the Sheut (shadow), and the Ib (heart). So there isn’t really one single “soul”, but different aspects of a soul or many different things that make up a soul. read more

Body and soul The ancient Egyptian view of what made up a person is confusing. The main constituents were the body, its ka, and its name which remained always in close proximity to each other even in the tomb, and the shadow, the ba, sahu and akh which were more mobile and independent. read more

The ancient Egyptians believed that a human soul was made up of five parts: the Ren, the Ba, the Ka, the Sheut, and the Ib. In addition to these components of the soul there was the human body (called the ha, occasionally a plural haw, meaning approximately sum of bodily parts). read more