Montu took Hathor in her form as Raettawy as his consort at Medamud, the Theban war god and the goddess of joy paired in the temple cult of Upper Egypt.
Montu and Ra merged as Montu-Ra in pre-Amun Thebes, the falcon war god absorbing the sun's radiance to rule as the city's supreme deity before Amun's rise eclipsed him.
Buchis was the living ba of the war god Montu at Hermonthis, a white bull with a black face selected for his fierce temperament and housed in the Bucheum until death, when he was mummified and entombed with royal honors.
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