God's Wife
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God's Wife is a term which was often allocated to royal women during the 18th Dynasty of Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

. The term indicates an inherited sacral role, in which the role of God's Wife passed from mother to daughter. The role could also exist among siblings, as in the case of the role of God's Wife being shared or passed by daughters of Ahmose-Nefertari
Ahmose-Nefertari
Ahmose-Nefertari of Ancient Egypt was a Queen of Egypt. She was a daughter of Seqenenre Tao II and Ahhotep I, and royal sister and the great royal wife of pharaoh, Ahmose I. She was the mother of king Amenhotep I and may have served as his regent when he was young...

, Satamun (I) and her sister, Ahmose-Merytamun.

Despite certain allegations found online, the role of God's Wife is not the same as the title God's Wife of Amun
God's Wife of Amun
God's Wife of Amun was the highest ranking priestess of the Amun cult, an important Ancient Egyptian religious institution centered in Thebes during the Egyptian 25th and 26th dynasties...

, which is a separate sacral title, involved in the "Divine Cycle" myth of the god Amun. Only two 18th Dynasty queens held this title, being Ahhotep
Ahhotep
* Ahhotep I, Ancient Egyptian queen who lived during the 17th dynasty* Ahhotep II, believed to have been the wife of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Kamose who reigned 1526–1506 BC...

 and Ahmose-Nefertari
Ahmose-Nefertari
Ahmose-Nefertari of Ancient Egypt was a Queen of Egypt. She was a daughter of Seqenenre Tao II and Ahhotep I, and royal sister and the great royal wife of pharaoh, Ahmose I. She was the mother of king Amenhotep I and may have served as his regent when he was young...

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