Mut
Lady of Heaven.
- Cult Center:
Thebes.
- Attributes: Mut
was the divine mother, the queen of all gods. She was the female
counterpart of Amun. Mut
usurped many of the other Egyptian goddess that exhibited the
attributes of motherhood. During the New Kingdom, The marriage of
Mut and Amun was one of the great annual celebrations. Amun would
be brought from his temple at Karnak, a great following would escort him to visit Mut at her
temple at
Luxor. In spite of her marriage to
Amun, Mut was bisexual, perhaps to reinforce her position as the
mother of all things. Her hieroglyphic symbol was a vulture, it
was worn on the crowns of Egypt's queens to typify their
motherhood.
- Representation:
A woman wearing a vulture headdress, with the double crown of upper and lower Egypt. In some pictures the heads of
vultures project from her shoulders. Sometimes she holds a papyrus
sceptre.
- Relations: Wife
of Amun, mother of all the gods, mother of all living
things.
- Other Names:
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