Mut’s Family Tree

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Family

• Amun(spouse),Khonsu(child)— Marriage

  Amun and Mut form the divine parents of the Theban Triad, with Khonsu the moon god as their son, the sacred family worshipped at the Karnak temple complex.

Aspect of

• Eye of Ra

  Mut the vulture goddess is identified as the Eye of Ra in her role as divine mother, embodying the Eye's protective maternal power over the pharaoh and Egypt.

• Sekhmet

  Mut absorbed Sekhmet's lioness form in Theban theology, the mother goddess taking on the warrior's fierce head and protective power as consort of Amun-Ra, until hundreds of Sekhmet statues filled the precinct of Mut at Karnak.

Enemy of

• Akhenaten

  Akhenaten closed Mut's temples at Karnak and defaced her name during the Amarna revolution, suppressing the Theban triad of Amun, Mut, and Khonsu.

Member of

• Theban Triad

  The Theban Triad — Amun, Mut, and Khonsu — formed the ruling divine family of Thebes, their three temples at Karnak linked by processional avenues and their sacred barques parading together during the Opet Festival.

Associated with

• Amaunet

  When Theban theology elevated Amun to supreme god during the New Kingdom, Mut displaced Amaunet as his divine consort, absorbing her role in the Theban triad and relegating the primordial goddess to an increasingly marginal cult presence.

• Tutankhamun

  Tutankhamun's Restoration Stela restored Mut's cult alongside Amun's, reopening her temples at Karnak. The revival of the Theban Triad was central to reversing Akhenaten's religious revolution.

• Wosret

  Mut displaced Wosret as Amun's consort when the New Kingdom priesthood reorganized the Theban pantheon, elevating Mut to the Theban Triad and consigning the ancient 'Powerful One' to near oblivion.