God's Wife

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The term God's Wife, (Egyptian Hmt nTr) is a sacral title which is often allocated to royal women during the 18th Dynasty. The term indicates an inherited sacral role, in which the role of God's Wife passed from mother to daughter. The role could also exist among siblings, as in the case of the role of God's Wife being shared or passed by daughters of Ahmose-Nefertari, Satamun (I) and her sister, Ahmose-Merytamun [1].

Despite certain allegations found online, the role of God's Wife is not the same as the title God's Wife of Amun, which is a separate sacral title, involved in the "Divine Cycle" myth of the god Amun [2].[3]. Only two 18th Dynasty queens held this title, being Ahhotep and Ahmose-Nefertari [4].

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  1. ^ Troy, L. 1986. Patterns of Queenship: in ancient Egyptian myth and history: 98. BOREAS14. Uppsala: ACTA Universitatis Upsaliensis
  2. ^ Gitton, M. 1984. Les divine éspouses de la 18e dynastie. Centre de Recherches d'Histoire Ancienne 61/Annales Littéraires de l'Université de Besançon 306. Paris: Les Belles-Lettres.
  3. ^ Robins, G. 1983. The God's Wife of Amun in the 18th Dynasty in Egypt. In A. Cameron and A. Kuhrt, Eds., Images of Women in Antiquity: 65-78. Cranberra: Croon Helm.
  4. ^ Troy, L. 1986. Patterns of Queenship: in ancient Egyptian myth and history: Appendix A, 18.2 and 18.3. BOREAS14. Uppsala: ACTA Universitatis Upsaliensis
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