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Mut

deity sky ancient Egypt corroborated · 27

Stub entity — referenced by another entity from source #826 but not yet directly extracted from its own source.

↻ synthesized from 27 sources

When

First attested
3000 BCE
Attested period
-3000 – 2020
Historical notes
Temple at Karnak at Thebes.

Relationships

allied with
Ra, Horus, Amun, Khonshu, Amesemi, Thoth
sibling of
Tefnut, Sakhmet, Hathor, Neith, Bastet, Sekhmet, Nekhbet
co occurs with
Ipet, Dea Gravida, Montu, Harpara-pa-khered, Iunit, Raet-tawy, Ptah-Tatenen-Khonsu, Neferhotep, Ihy, Tasenetnofret, Panebtawy, Satet, Mestjet, Weret-hekau, Min, Amenope, Amun-Min-kamutef, Amun-Min, Naunet, Hatmehit, Nefertem, Tutu, Renenutet, Anuket, Amunet, Nekhbet, Nephthys, Neith, Satis, Anput, Hesat, Serket, Imentet, Ma'at, Kematef, Amun-Irta, Wosret, Mut-Min, Min-Hor-Nacht, Mut-Tefnut, Khonsu-Shu, Shesmetet, Ra-Atum, Nun, Khonsu-pa-khered, Ma'at, Sa-en-Hathor (II), Sa-Hathor (I), Sothis, Orion, Amen-Re, Ptah, Amun-Ra, Khonshu, Amaunet, Amun Re, Zeus Ammon, Amaune, Seth, Maahes, Set, Astarte, Meretseger, Mehet-Weret, Menhit, Bat, Pakhet, Heqet, Nut, Isis, Atum, Osiris, Zeus, Khnum
manifests as
Taweret, cobra, cat, cow, lioness, vulture
parent of
Tjenenyet, Khensu, Khons, Khonshu
syncretized with
Wosret, Wadjet, Wedjat, Hera
consort of
Amun, Amun Re, Ammon
manifested by
Eye of Ra
child of
dt-serpent
enemy of
Apophis
has aspect
Ash-sedjemes

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Mentioned by

and 9 more

Sources

wikipedia (26)
  1. Horus
  2. Bastet
  3. Taweret
  4. Tjenenyet
  5. Amun
  6. Sekhmet
  7. Hathor
  8. Eye of Ra
  9. Khonsu
  10. Amunet
  11. Hatmehit
  12. Mut
  13. Wosret
  14. Sebeg
  15. Theban Triad
  16. Tutu (Egyptian god)
  17. Meritamen
  18. Nebwenenef
  19. Temple of Ptah (Karnak)
  20. Amun-Ra
  21. Beautiful Festival of the Valley
  22. Opet Festival
  23. Oracle of Zeus-Ammon
  24. Precinct of Amun-Re
  25. Thebes, Egypt
  26. Zeus Ammon
encyclopedia (1)
  1. Ammon (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed

Source passages

“These lakes were typical components of temples devoted to a number of lioness goddesses (Bastet, Mut, Tefnut, Hathor, Sakhmet) who are said to represent one original goddess and who came to be associated with sun gods such as Horus and Ra, as well as the Eye of Ra.”

#10867 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“When assuming a protective role, powerful goddesses like Isis, Hathor, and Mut assumed the form of Taweret, effectively becoming a manifestation of this goddess.”

#11431 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“The "womb of the sea" is an epithet associated with Mut and Raet-tawy as maternal figures, and possibly with Neith. Khonsu impregnates a feminine entity within the primordial waters to bring forth the primordial egg.”

#11457 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“This was constructed of sandstone, with a chapel to Amun flanked by those of Mut and Khonsu.”

#11556 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“These findings were made in the temple of Mut because when Thebes rose to greater prominence Mut absorbed some characteristics of Sekhmet. These temple excavations at Luxor discovered a "porch of drunkenness" built onto the temple by the Pharaoh Hatshepsut during the height of her twenty-year reign.”

#14102 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001