Mut was the patroness of the kings of Thebes. She was considered to be the divine mother of this lineage. She became the wife of Amoun, the sun god. As protectoress of the line of the pharoahs, she was very concerned with maintaining the royal house. This corresponds with our view of Obba, as the keeper of the hearth and protectoress of the home. Like Hera, she was suspicious and was involved in schemes to manipulate destiny among the mortals. She is often pictured with a vulture headress and sometimes is seen with a human body and the head of a vulture. The vulture symbolism identifies her with the cult of the dead and Obba indeed has her connections with the dead, just as Oya and Ochun do. Mut was also said to be the mother of Khonsu, the Moon god. Mut maintains an aura of mystery, just as Obba does. One feels somehow that the whole story of these goddesses is not known, or at least is not being told.
Hera, like Obba, was somewhat a victim, in that they both had philandering husbands. Obba had to put up with Chango and Hera had to put up with the constant advances of Zeus with other goddesses as well as with mortals. Hera was considered the Queen of the gods, and performed a special ritual each year to keep herself young and beautiful. Legend has it that Obba was very beautiful, also, until she disfigured herself in her efforts to hold on to Chango. Both Obba and Hera apparently loved their husbands a great deal and were willing to use whatever means available to hold on to them. Both seemed to be more preoccupied with the home and household, rather than with children. Hera seems to have been more vindictive than Obba. Obba's feelings seem to have been more of sadness, rather than anger and vengence, as was the case with Hera. Both seem to portray tragedies that befall the human race all too often and we have a rare example here of goddesses who are also the victims of fate.
