In the Egyptian Mythology, Must ( the mother ), the female one, generated the lunar god Khonsou and symbolizes the maternal values. Dangerous goddess, it transforms herself into lioness with the sharp-edged claws, but knows also, draped in vulture, to take care on the men and to give again the life to them. She is the goddess vulture of the south of Egypt.

In the Triad of Thèbes, it is the mother of Khonsou and Amon marries it. It with the aspect of Sekhmet, but more generally that of a capped woman of the white crown or of a vulture.

Symbols and worship of the goddess Must

Its aspects

Commonly, Must revêt the features of a capped woman of the skin of vulture and pschent (the double crown of Egypt). One knows it under the aspect of a woman with head of lioness which or not the disc protected by the uraeus surmounts. One also knows it under an aspect ithyphallic (in Karnak).

Its divine attributes

They are the pschent , the skin of vulture and sometimes the solar disk. The goddess often carries the floral sceptre of the goddesses.

Its crowned animals

Must does not have a crowned animal.

Its elements

Ground, air, fire.

Its colors

Blue, red and yellow.

Its festivals

They are those of the triad thebaine, i.e. related to Amon. One will quote the Fête of Opet, as well as the beautiful festival of the valley.

Its places of worship

The main thing is in Karnak, in the enclosure known as of Must. Other sanctuaries are attested in Hermonthis, Bubastis, Memphis and Tanis.

See too

• Egyptian Astrology

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