Mentu eventually meets Hatshepsut and is surprised to learn that the pharaoh of Egypt is a woman.

The main story of Horace is paralleled by Mentu’s story in the sense that Mentu represents the child in Horace that must learn how to live again.  Horace is comatose and is at the mercy of his own organs to survive.  [This is very profound when considering human burial]  When we are dead we no longer care for the organs that gave us life?  Perhaps this is why they were considered god-like?  They do not have will, they just perform their duties without question (involuntarily).

Horace’s wife is now the sole head of the family (like Hatshepsut) and she must ensure that her kingdom is safe.  Her ability to do this is in Anuket’s story.