DID YOU KNOW? Mut...the Alter-Ego of Sekhmet

Mut, the great consort-goddess of Amun-Ra, seems originally to have been a local mother-deity of the small town of Megen, outside Thebes.

Mut's cult was introduced at Thebes sometime before Dynasty XVIII and the goddess quickly grew in popularity, status and influence, gradually replacing the goddess Amunet...not necessarily as Amun-Ra's "wife," but as his chief complementary power.

Once identified with Sekhmet, the prestigious lioness-headed goddess of Memphis, Mut would become the most politically powerful goddess in Egypt. Her beautiful temple in the Asheru district of Thebes was an important subsidiary of Amun-Ra's "Great Temple" of Karnak. The "House of the Mistress of Asheru" boasted a sacred lake curiously similar to one belonging to Mut's associated goddess, Bastet, in the Nile Delta-region.

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DID YOU KNOW? Renenutet, Goddess of the Oasis

Renenutet was a goddess depicted with the head (and sometimes body) of a cobra. These deadly serpents inhabited the fertile farmland near the Nile and various oases, but they were also a symbol of the harvest for ancient Egyptians. Renenutet was particularly revered in the Fayyum Oasis, alongside the crocodile-deity, Sobek, and his various incarnations. Renenutet's temple ruins--some dating back to Dynasty XII--can still be seen today.

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~A Comprehensive Survey of the Chief Goddess Cult-Centers of Ancient Egypt

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~Illustrative Maps of the Goddess-Territories

~Temple Customs, Rites, and Locations Explored

~A Gallery of Other Chief Egyptian Goddesses

~Isis, Hathor, Mut, Serqet, Wadjet, Nekhbet, Tefnut, Nephthys, and many more!

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DID YOU KNOW? Isis Couldn't Stop an Earthquake

The great goddess Isis possessed numerous sanctuaries throughout the Mediterranean world and in her native Egypt, of course, but earthquake-prevention was apparently not part of her magical repertoire. The deity's massive "Festival Temple" at Behbeit (in the Nile Delta) collapsed in a heap following an earthquake, sometime before 79 CE.

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DID YOU KNOW? Neith Was Worshipped at Esna

The creative goddess Neith actually shared with Khnum the great temple at Esna. In the Latopolite district's massive sanctuary, we learn that Neith helped Khnum create the world and then turned herself into a fish before swimming north to her primary cult-center at Sais, in the Nile delta.

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DID YOU KNOW? Satis of Elephantine was the Flood-Queen

Satis (or Satet) was one of the most ancient goddesses of pharaonic Egypt. Her cult on the island of Elephantine, near the First Cataract of the Nile, possibly predated that of Khnum, who later became the chief deity of the region. Associated with Sirius, the Dog-Star, Satis was linked with the annual flood and her temple at Elephantine was built atop a natural aperture in the rock. From this aperture, it is believed, fluctuating water-levels could be detected via sounds that served as "oracles" of the coming inundation.

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DID YOU KNOW? Bast Had Kitten-Strangling Priests

Domestic cats were utterly sacred to the feline-goddess Bast, Mistress of Joy and Sensuality. So sacred that some kittens in the Temple of Bast in the city of Bubastis appear to have been strangled by priests in sacrifice to their patron. To learn more about Bast and other great Egyptian goddesses, order The Intrepid Wanderer's Guide to Ancient Egyptian Goddesses from Amazon (or your preferred retailer). Click on the appropriate book cover-link to the right.

DID YOU KNOW? Anukis Worshipped at Elephantine

Anukis was the goddess of the productive inundation along the Nile. Her cult centered at the Egyptian frontier near the First Cataract of the Nile, at Elephantine Island. She wore a headdress of ostrich-plumes and was associated with the gods Khnum, Satis, and the Osirian deity Nephthys. Her sacred animal was the dorcas gazelle. To learn more about Anukis and other great Egyptian goddesses, order The Intrepid Wanderer's Guide to Ancient Egyptian Goddesses from Amazon (or your preferred retailer). Click on the appropriate book cover-link to the right.

DID YOU KNOW? Nut Was a Gambling Goddess

Nut, the Heliopolitan goddess of the Firmament, gave birth to her five famous children (Osiris, Isis, Seth, Nephthys, and Haroeris) only after winning extra calendar-days from the god Thoth in a board-game!

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