Thursday, March 29, 2012

Mut

The Temple complex of Amun-Re was built facing east and west, to go along with the way the sun rose and set. To the south of this complex there is an area dedicated to the Godess Mut. Mut is the Mother Godess in Egypt because Mut translates to Mother in the ancient language. However, like all Gods and Godesses in Egypt, she evolved from Mut. As different Gods got absorbed into other Gods and other ones grew to prominience, the same can be said for the Godesses. After becoming Amun's wife, Amun and Ra unified creating Amen-Ra. As Amen-Ra became the most imporant God in Egypt, Mut's importantance too grew. She was absorbed by multiple Godesses and by the end became Isis, the most important Godess in all of Egypt. Isis is the mother of the Ennead. The Ennead are believed to be the first decendents of Amun-Ra after he rose from the abyss.
Not much is known about her temple complex. It has been badly damaged and vandalized. Recent excavations did discover six hundred granite statues in the courtyard of her complex. Besides these things, there is a sacred lake in a cresent shape. The only other things they have been able to discover about the area is a Porch of Drunkenness. This was built and used by Hatshepsut to symbolize the change of the Godess Sehkmet from a lioness warrior in a time of war to a peaceful godess.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precinct_of_Mut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnak#Precinct_of_Mut

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