A falcon-headed (sometimes bull-headed) god of war whose cult was at Hermonthis (Armant). Montu was favoured by the kings of the 11th Dynasty, who combined his names with theirs. He was reputed to incarnate himself in the bull called BUCHIS, kept in the shrine at Hermonthis. Montu also had solar characteristics (a bull often represents the heat and power of the sun) and for a while was supreme god in the south, until he was included in the Theban triad and demoted by the god AMUN of Thebes. His consorts are ZENENET and RAT-TAUI. His son is HARPORA. As war against the Hittites, Rameses II found himself losing; he called upon Amun and rallied his forces to the counterattack. He successfully routed the Hittites and then declared that he was like the god Montu. Montu was later dropped from the Theban triad in favour of KHONS, the lunar god
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