Egyptian Fields of Reeds

In ancient Egyptian mythology,  the Dead pays his respects to the gods who dwell in Sekhet-Hetepet (Fields of Reeds) and asks the gods to help him to enter into Sekhet-Hetepet so that he may "become a khu, drink, plow, reap, fight, make love, never be in a state of servitude and always be in a position of authority therein.

 The ancient Coffin Texts also spoke of a belief in an afterlife spent in the Field of Reeds where agricultural tasks would be performed by the deceased for all eternity. To undertake this work for the deceased, the ushabti makes its first appearance in the Coffin Texts, and are later incorporated into the Book of the Dead.  The ushabti were small figurines, often representing the servants of the deceased. They acted as magical substitute workers and relieve the deceased of all hard work in the afterlife.