I can't say I see a general superiority of goddesses over gods in Egyptian mythology; and definitely not in Mesopotamian mythology, where an awful lot of goddesses are just someone's not very important wife. Perhaps Tiamat is portrayed as the decision-maker because she's the main antagonist.
Mesopotamian myth has that same pattern of the earliest gods not being the final word, what with Marduk overcoming Tiamat, Inanna stealing the me from Enki, and so on.
I was intrigued to discover that Ra had a female counterpart, but I'm not clear on whether Raet and Raettawy are the same goddess.
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Date: 2007-02-22 07:02 pm (UTC)Mesopotamian myth has that same pattern of the earliest gods not being the final word, what with Marduk overcoming Tiamat, Inanna stealing the me from Enki, and so on.
I was intrigued to discover that Ra had a female counterpart, but I'm not clear on whether Raet and Raettawy are the same goddess.