Introduction
Thutmose IV was king of the 18th Dynasty and, in the ordinary dynastic record, the historical father of Amenhotep III; the Luxor Temple reliefs reframe that paternity in the same divine terms used earlier for Hatshepsut's birth.
Family
- Spouse: Mutemwiya (married)
A Second Borrowed Form
As with Thutmose I in the earlier Deir el-Bahari cycle, the Luxor reliefs do not erase Thutmose IV's historical role as father so much as recast it theologically: Amun visits Mutemwiya specifically disguised in Thutmose IV's own form, so that the resulting child, Amenhotep III, is affirmed as Amun's true son within the temple's official narrative of royal legitimacy.
This article records a specific literary or theological role — a king-list entry, a court tale, or a royal legitimation narrative — rather than the deity's or ruler's fuller religious identity, which (where applicable) is covered in the separate Egyptian Pantheon project.