Goddesses of Ancient Egypt ~ M

Maat
(Mayet) The All-Seeing Eye, Goddess of Truth and Judgment, Law Giver and Dispenser of Justice, the Goddess of True Order brings Balance. The word, Maat translates "that which is straight." it implies anything that is true, ordered, or balanced. Maat's ostrich plume represents the delicate balance between order and chaos in the universe as well as in the human soul. The daughter of Ra, she administered law and justice. Pharaohs looked to her for guidance. Maat will bring order out of chaos, helping you to feel balanced. Lapis lazuli is Her sacred stone. She was the female counterpart of Thoth. Together with Thoth, they charted the daily course of the sun god Ra. We know she is a very ancient goddess because we find her in the boat of Ra as it rose above the waters of the abyss of Nu on the first day. She is sometimes called the 'eye of Ra' or the 'daughter of Ra'. Maat also plays an important part in the Book of the Dead. It is in the Hall of Maat the judgement of the dead was performed. This was done by weighing one's heart (conscience) against the feather of Maat. If a balance was struck the deceased was deemed to be worthy of meeting Osiris in the after life. If the heart of the deceased was found to be heavier then the feather of Maat it would be devoured by Ammut. Represented as a woman wearing a tall ostrich feather on her head, or an ostrich feather.

Mafdet
(Cat) Goddess of judicial authority and divine patroness of executions. She is normally shown bearing, or leaping up onto a gallows, and She is also spoken of as a functionary within the Hall of Two Truths.

Mehturt
Goddess of the sky.

Menos
Moon Goddess credited with invention of writing.

Meshkent
A goddess of childbirth.

Meskhenet
Goddess of fate.

Metseger
Ancient Snake Goddess of Thebes - Protectress of desert tombs.

Mo
Sometimes the god, sometimes the goddess, of Truth and Justice. Depicted with ostrich feathers on the head.

Mut
Attributes: Mut was the divine mother, the queen of all gods. She was the female counterpart of Amun. Mut usurped many of the other Egyptian goddess that exhibited the attributes of motherhood. During the New Kingdom, The marriage of Mut and Amun was one of the great annual celebrations. Amun would be brought from his temple at Karnak; a great following would escort him to visit Mut at her temple at Luxor. In spite of her marriage to Amun, Mut was bisexual, perhaps to reinforce her position as the mother of all things. Her hieroglyphic symbol was a vulture; it was worn on the crowns of Egypt's queens to typify their motherhood.
Representation: A woman wearing a vulture headdress, with the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. In some pictures the heads of vultures project from her shoulders. Sometimes she holds a papyrus sceptre. Relations: Wife of Amun, mother of all the gods, mother of all living things. (Golden Dawn, Auramooth) The wife of Amen in Theban tradition; the word mut in Egyptian means "mother", and she was the mother of Khonsu, the moon god.