Devourer this instance, Ammit is not an agent of evil, but punishment for the guilty dead. In Greek mythology, there are a plethora of hungry monsters and vengeful gods, an example of which being the Minotaur. The Minotaur (which roughly translates to Bull of Minos) was the son of the Cretan queen Pasiphae and a bull. When the Minotaur was no longer satisfied with the nursing of his mother, it was found that he was very fond of eating human flesh. So Minos, the king of Crete and the Minotaur's step-father, ordered the great architect Daedalus to build a great labyrinth
HMS Daedalus (1780) and the privateer "Légère" on 11 December 1782. Pringle escorted a convoy to Newfoundland during the year, and in 1783 was engaged in patrolling the Shetland fisheries. The "Daedalus" was paid off in July 1784, and in 1790 underwent a Great Repair at Rotherhithe, that lasted until 1793. Captain Charles Henry Knowles recommissioned the "Daedalus" in March 1793, and sailed her to the Halifax station. Knowles was replaced by Captain Thomas Williams in September 1794, during which time "Daedalus" was part of Admiral Adam Duncan's fleet. In September 1795, Captain George Countess took over, and "Daedalus" sailed to the West