The goddess Mut (Maut) was the mother goddess of Thebes (Waset, in the 4th Nome of Upper Egypt). The ancient Egyptians considered the vulture to be a protecting and nurturing mother.
Depictions
Mut was depicted as a white vulture most often, she also was depicted as a woman sometimes with wings or a vulture,usually Mut goddess wearing the crowns of royalty upon her head, she was often shown wearing the double crown of Egypt or the vulture headdress of the New Kingdom queens, holding an ankh, occasionally she was depicted as a male, in part because she was Mut