Amunet was the feminine principle if the primordial moon god Amun, originally consorting with the other pairs of dieties forming the Ogdoad, or dwellers in the city of Eight. They werepersonifications of Stillness, Silence, Obscurity and Mystery. The name 'Amun' means 'to be hidden.' During the eleventh and twelfth dynasties, Sehotep-abre-Amenemhat acknowledged the ascendancy of Amun from its shadowy place in Egypt's theogeny by incorporating the name in his royal titulary. By this time Amunet, like her husband and son Amun, had changed according to the roles of a reborn Egypt. She became MeUT-Apet, which illustrates that her lunar influence still predominated her role as 'mother.' She was the original breath of life, and though MeUT signified mother, it was also the common noun for 'vulture.' By the eighteenth dynasty, Amunet had manifested in form to the goddess MeUT, consort of the new kingdom god par excellence Amun Ra.
Amunet was the feminine principle if the primordial moon god Amun, originally consorting with the other pairs of dieties forming the Ogdoad, or dwellers in the city of Eight. They werepersonifications of Stillness, Silence, Obscurity and Mystery. The name 'Amun' means 'to be hidden.' During the eleventh and twelfth dynasties, Sehotep-abre-Amenemhat acknowledged the ascendancy of Amun from its shadowy place in Egypt's theogeny by incorporating the name in his royal titulary. By this time Amunet, like her husband and son Amun, had changed according to the roles of a reborn Egypt. She became MeUT-Apet, which illustrates that her lunar influence still predominated her role as 'mother.' She was the original breath of life, and though MeUT signified mother, it was also the common noun for 'vulture.' By the eighteenth dynasty, Amunet had manifested in form to the goddess MeUT, consort of the new kingdom god par excellence Amun Ra.
