Egyptian Gods

Mut was an ancient Egyptian Mother Goddess, the queen of all gods. The name Mut also spelled as Maut or Mout, whose name means “mother”. Mut was the great mother goddess of Egypt. She was referred as the great “world mother” and mother of the pharaohs.

The Egyptian often believed that Mut represents the grandmother figure and Isis represents the mother figure. Mut appearance portrayed as a woman with the wings of a white vulture wearing double crown that symbolize Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt, holding the scepter and the ankh on her hand with the feather of the goddess Ma’at at her feet. She also sometimes, depicted as a white vulture, cobra, cat, cow, or as a lioness.

According to myth, Mut was one of the few goddesses who were self created. She was given a title and called as, “She Who Gives Birth, But Was Herself Not Born of Any”. She was also given other titles, such as “World Mother”, “Eye of Ra”, “Queen of the Goddesses”, “Lady of Heaven” and “Mother of the Gods”. Originally, she was the female counterpart of Nun and she adopted Montu, god of war as a son.

However, during the Middle Kingdom in Thebes, Amaunet was replaced by Mut to become the wife of the great god Amun. Monthu also replaced by the god of the moon, Khonsu. The rulers of Egypt each supported her worship in their own way to emphasize their own authority and right to rule through an association with Mut.

In Egypt, the marriage of Mut and Amun was one of the great festivals celebrated each year by the Egyptians. Mut, Amun and Khose were worshipped as a trinity at her temple Luxor.