Editing Mut (section)

===Motherhood===
Numerous texts refer to Mut as a "mother", and she is occasionally depicted with a divine child on her lap.<ref>van Dijk 2010, p.66.</ref> In Theban mythology, she is also the mother of Khonsu. As the myth goes, Mut, after approaching Thebes and being calmed by drinking from the Isheru, calls for the aged Amun-Ra. Mut then conceives the Khonsu who embodies the reborn sun, and when the time comes, she gives birth to him in her temple.<ref>van Dijk 2010, p.72.</ref>

The birth of Khonsu was celebrated in Thebes in the annual Festivael of [[Renenutet]] that was held between the end of the month [[Parmouti|Pharmouthi]] and the beginning of [[Pashons]]. It marked the first day of the harvest season and symbolically linked the birth of child gods to the gathering of new crops. These deities were perceived as providers of fertility and their cyclical rebirth as young solar gods ensured the regeneration of the sun. The festival also incorporated the cult of the reigning monarch, who was identified with the divine child of the local triad, thus reinforcing the legitimacy of royal succession.<ref>Varga, Dániel (2023).''The Children of Montu: Harpara and Horus-Shu in Ptolemaic and Roman Thebes''. Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections. Vol. 39. p.275.</ref> It became a festival particularly in honor of Khonsu, after whom the month of Pashons was named after.<ref>Klotz, David (2012).''The Theban Cult of Chonsu the Child in the Ptolemaic Period''. In Thiers, Christophe (ed.). Documents de Théologies Thébaines Tardives. Université Paul Valéry. p.96.</ref>

In a poorly preserved text from the Second Pylon in the Mut Temple, Mut arrives in Thebes already pregnant. The story of the Eye of the Sun, also known as the myth of the wandering goddess, is used here as the origin of the name for Khonsu, whose name means "wanderer," as Mut wandered while pregnant with him.<ref>Klotz 2012, pp. 102-103.</ref> The cult of Khonsu's child form, Khonsu-pa-khered, was located in the Mut Temple precinct, scholars have debated his precise cult center, occasionally referred to as "the temple of the birth-bed". In Theban mythology, this temple was believed to be the place where Khonsu was born and raised.<ref>Klotz 2020. p.96,</ref><ref>Klotz 2008, pp.120-130.</ref>