Ab
- Alternate meanings: see Ab (disambiguation)
Ab is the Egyptian concept of the heart-soul, the principle 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
Maat after death. The other souls were aakhu,
ba,
ka, khaibut,
khat, and ren.
Ab is also the eleventh month of the ecclesiastical year and the fifth month of the civil year on the
Hebrew calendar. The name is Babylonian in origin and appeared in the Talmud around the 3rd century. This is the only month which is not named in the Bible. It is a summer month of 30 days.
Holidays in Av
