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Famous Egyptian Speech for Mut

  I am the great mother goddess, protector of mothers and the sky.  I am the Theban mother goddess.  I am Mut and my name means mother.  I am the queen of the gods at Thebes.  You will usually see me as a woman wearing a vulture head dress or the United Crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt.  I am the most important goddess because I am the goddess who created all life and replaced many of the other Egyptian goddesses.

 I became an important goddess during the New Kingdom.  I came from the Nile Delta or Middle Egypt.  I am married to the creation god, Amen and we have an adopted son Khons, the moon god.  At first I was only a local goddess, but then I became a national goddess.  When Amen fused with the sun god, Ra, I became the “Eye of Ra.”  Many know me by my other names such as Isis.  I am such a powerful goddess, that my people erected great temples in my honor and I am still well known in the new millennium.

I am the creator of everything in the heavens and on the earth.  I am so mighty that I even created myself.  Because I created everything, people call me the great mother goddess and I am the Queen of the Gods at Thebes.  As my popularity spread, my people made a new festival called, “The Festival of Mut.”  My worshippers put a statue of me in a boat and sailed it around the lake at my temple, Karnak.  During wedding festivals people worship me so that I can bring fertility because I am the creation goddess.  My followers believe that I created and gave birth to everything.

  As my popularity increased, my name started to become one with many of the other goddesses.  I began to replace other goddesses such as Bastet, Nut, Sekhmet, Wadjet, Isis, and Nekhbet.  People merged me with some of the other great goddesses.  I became the new wife of the god Amen, the mother of the Pharaoh and I wear the royal crown of Upper and Lower Egypt.  I was worshipped from the time of the New Kingdom and into the Roman times.  My worshippers see me as the great all-in-one goddess. 

  Although I started out as a local goddess, I became the most worshipped and important goddess in all of Egypt.  As the creator of everything, I was able to replace many other goddesses.  My followers worshipped me for a long time because I am so great. I am the great mother goddess.

 

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