Domains & Iconography
Domains: motherhood, Thebes
Iconography: vulture headdress, double crown
Triad & Precinct
Mut’s precinct south of Karnak contained sacred lakes and temples reflecting her status in New Kingdom Thebes. As consort of Amun and mother of Khonsu, she anchors dynastic and cosmic motherhood.
Iconography
Depicted with vulture headdress and sometimes double crown, signaling protective motherhood and royal association. In some theologies, Mut merges aspects with Sekhmet and Bastet as Eye goddess.
Cult & Festivals
Processions during Opet and other festivals integrate Mut’s shrine with Amun’s and Khonsu’s, dramatizing familial and cosmic bonds across temple space.
Legacy
Reliefs, statues, and precinct ruins preserve a Theban memory of maternal sovereignty shaping royal ideology and local devotion.
Sources & References
See also
Amun
Theban god whose cult rose to national prominence; syncretized with Ra as Amun‑Ra.
Isis
Powerful goddess of protection, magic (heka), and kingship; mother of Horus and consort of Osiris.
Meretseger
Protectress of the Theban necropolis and artisans of Deir el‑Medina; punishes and heals transgressors.
Amun‑Ra
Supreme synthesis of Theban Amun and solar Ra; high theology of empire and renewal.