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Egyptian bronze, Goddess Mut, Theban Mother-goddess, 18th Dynasty, c1550BC-1298BC. Mut, which meant mother in the ancient Egyptian language,[1] was an ancient Egyptian mother goddess with multiple aspects that changed over the thousands of years of the culture. Alternative spellings are Maut and Mout. She was considered a primal deity, associated with the waters from which everything was born through parthenogenesis.