Some traditional religions, including that of ancient Egypt and the Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Natchez of North America, contain figures whose names have been translated into English as "soul eater".
The traditional belief in soul eaters has been adopted by a range of modern horror fiction and fantasy writers, contemporary songwriters, and anime and video game creators.
Related beliefs can be found in other traditional African cultures, like the Fulbe[4] and the Serer,[5] as well as among the groups of the Mount Hagen area of Papua New Guinea.
[6] The hix or ix of the Maya and related peoples is a comparable figure; the Pipil term teyollocuani translates literally as "soul eater".
[7] Jaques De Ville writes "she appears on top of and her feather on one side of the scale against which the heart of the deceased is weighed to establish whether he is to die a second death by being devoured by Ammit, or may proceed to the afterlife"[8] Hades' three headed dog, Cerberus, was a protector of the underworld.