Mut, the name literally means "mother" -- Wife of Amun, Creator of all things. Mother of Khonsu, God of the moon. Together, we make up the Thebian Triad.

Mut was generally regarded are the Mother-God of the world, both concieving and giving birth to all things within the world.

Often see as a woman bearing the united crowns of both upper and lower Egypt and a vulture protruding from the center. She also holds a scepter as well as Ankh in her arms -- a traditional symbol for royals. She is also symbolized by a women standing upright with outstretched wings.

The center of the worship of Mut was the quarter of Thebes which was called Asher, or Ashrelt, and which probably derived its name from the large sacred lake which existed there ; the temple of the goddess, Het-Mut, with its sanctuary, was situated a little to the south of the great temple of Amen-Ra. From the inscriptions which have been found on the ruins of her temple we find that she was styled "Mut, the great lady of ashert, the lady of heaven, the queen of the gods, and that she was thought to have existed with Nu in primeval time. She was, moreover, called "Mut,,who giveth birth, but was herself not born of any,".

In the Unas texts, the following prayer is given:

"O Ra, be good to him on this day since yester-"day" {sic}

After this come the words;

"Unas hath had union "with the goddess Mut, Unas hath drawn unto himself the flame "of Isis, Unas hath united himself to the lotus," etc. The only mention of Mut in the Theban Recension Book of the Dead is found in a hymn to Osiris, which forms the clxxxiiird Chapter ; the deceased is made to say to the god, Thou risest up like an "exalted being upon thy standard, and thy beauties exalt the face of man and make long footstep{s}. I have given unto thee the sovereignty of the father Seb, and the goddess Mut, thy mother, who gave birth to the gods, brought thee forth as the first-born of five gods, and created thy beauties and fashioned thy members."