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[[File:ACO_Isidora.png|thumb|250px|Isidora, the God's Wife of Amun in 38 BCE]]
The '''God's Wife of Amun''' was a religious figure in ancient [[Egypt]]ian who was the highest ranking priestess of the god [[Amun (deity)|Amun]]. The priestess was stationed at the temple of [[Karnak]] in [[Thebes, Egypt|Thebes]], and like the [[Oracle of Amun]] in [[Siwa]], they had both political and religious importance.  


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By the late 1st century BCE, [[Isidora]] who, succeeded her mother [[Nitokris]] as the God's Wife of Amun, began using an [[Akhenaten's Apple of Eden|Apple of Eden]] to pursue vengeance for her mother's death. Isidora was later assassinated by the [[Hidden One]] [[Bayek]] of [[Siwa]] in the [[Tomb of Tutankhamun]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – ''[[The Curse of the Pharaohs]]''</ref>
[[File:ACO_Isidora.png|thumb|Isidora, the God's Wife of Amun in 38 BCE]]


The '''God's Wife of Amun''' was a religious figure in Ancient [[Egypt ]] who was the highest ranking priestess of the god [[Amun]].  The priestess was stationed at the temple of [[Karnak]] in [[Thebes]], and had both political and religious importance.  
==Behind the scenes==
==History==
Historically, the position of the God's Wife of Amun was abolished when the [[Achaemenid Empire|Persians]] under [[Cambyses II of Persia|Cambyses II]] conquered Egypt. It is unknown whether the post was restored when [[Alexander the Great]] liberated it from Persian rule.
At the beginning of the New Kingdom, the God's Wife of Amun royal title started to be held by royal women (usually the wife of the pharaoh, but sometimes by the queen mother), when its extreme power and prestige was first evident. The New Kingdom began in 1550 BCE with the Eighteenth Dynasty, when Ahmose I drove the Hyksos out of Egypt and their capital city was Thebes, which then became the leading city in Egypt. They believed that [[Amun]] had guided them in their victory and the cult rose to national importance. Adjustments to the rituals and myths followed.


The title, "''God's Wife of Amun"'', referred to the myth of the divine birth of the king, according to which his mother was impregnated by Amun. While the office theoretically, was sacred, it was essentially wielded as a political tool by the serving Egyptian pharaoh to ensure "royal authority over the Theban region and the powerful priesthood of Amun" there. The royal lineage was traced through its women and, the rulers and the religious institutions were inexorably woven together in traditions that remained quite stable over a period of three thousand years. This title was used in preference to the title, ''Great Royal Wife'', which was the title of the queen who was the consort to the pharaoh and who officiated at the temple. The new title conveyed that the pharaoh would be a demigod upon birth. Previously the pharaoh was considered to become divine only at death.
Nitokris also shares the same name with a {{Wiki|Nitocris I (Divine Adoratrice)|God's Wife of Amun}} from the {{Wiki|Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt}}.


During the reign of [[Akhenaten]], from 1353 BCE - 1334 BCE, all traditional gods of Egypt were worshiped in secret, and official cults were abolished, the God's Wife of Amun being among them.
==Gallery==
<gallery position="center" widths="180" captionalign="center">
File:Isidora praying.jpg|The God's Wife praying to Amun
ACO COTP Blood in the Water 34.png|A mural depicting the God's Wife of Amun in a Ma'at ritual
</gallery>


By the Twentieth Dynasty, the position was reinstated when Ramesses VI  conferred this office as well as the additional title of ''Divine Adoratrice of Amun'' on his daughter, Iset; the king's actions inaugurated the tradition where every subsequent holder of this office had to be "a king's daughter, and was expected to remain an unmarried virgin. In order to assist in the royal succession, she would adopt the daughter of the next king as her heiress."
==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – ''[[The Curse of the Pharaohs]]''


The office continued in existence until 525 BCE when the [[Iran|Persian Empire]] conquered Egypt, thus abolishing the office until [[Alexander the Great]] was crowned pharaoh in 332 BCE.
==References==
 
{{Reflist}}
By the late 1st Century BCE, [[Isidora]], succeeded her mother Nitokris as the God's Wife of Amun and began using an [[Apples of Eden|Apple of Eden]] to kill grave robbers and avenge her mother's death.
 
== Reference ==
* [[Assassin's Creed: Origins|''Assassin's Creed: Origins'']]'' - [[The Curse of the Pharaohs]]''
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Latest revision as of 08:46, 26 October 2023

Isidora, the God's Wife of Amun in 38 BCE

The God's Wife of Amun was a religious figure in ancient Egyptian who was the highest ranking priestess of the god Amun. The priestess was stationed at the temple of Karnak in Thebes, and like the Oracle of Amun in Siwa, they had both political and religious importance.  

By the late 1st century BCE, Isidora who, succeeded her mother Nitokris as the God's Wife of Amun, began using an Apple of Eden to pursue vengeance for her mother's death. Isidora was later assassinated by the Hidden One Bayek of Siwa in the Tomb of Tutankhamun.[1]

Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]

Historically, the position of the God's Wife of Amun was abolished when the Persians under Cambyses II conquered Egypt. It is unknown whether the post was restored when Alexander the Great liberated it from Persian rule.

Nitokris also shares the same name with a God's Wife of Amun from the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt.

Gallery[edit | edit source]

  • The God's Wife praying to Amun
    The God's Wife praying to Amun
  • A mural depicting the God's Wife of Amun in a Ma'at ritual
    A mural depicting the God's Wife of Amun in a Ma'at ritual

Appearances[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Origins – The Curse of the Pharaohs
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