INFJ, The Counselor, The Defender, The Seer
Traditionally, the wife of Seti is known as Queen Tuya, so even though she’s never addressed by that name in The Prince of Egypt, that’s what I’m gonna go with here.
Dominant Function: Ni/Introverted Intuition, “Anticipate the Experience”
In the commentary for the movie, the filmmakers explain that the opening sequence with Moses in the river is meant to be read in an open-ended way. One can conclude that is was pure chance that he survived, or that more divine forces were at work (of course, later God actually appears, and staffs turn to snakes, and fire comes out of the sky, so).
Tuya reads purpose and meaning into Moses’ arrival, and concludes that he is a gift sent to her by the gods. She immediately claims him as her son and names him Moses. She’s discerning the connections of a past event rather than a future one, but her Ni is still arriving at a conclusion that others might miss.
Even later, when Moses learns his true heritage, the Queen stands by her belief. The facts of the matter may be that Moses was born of a slave woman and shares no blood with Tuya, but her Intuitive truth is that he is her son. “It’s here the river brought you, and it’s here the river meant to be your home,” she sings to him.
Auxiliary Function: Fe/Extraverted Feeling, “Relate to the Experience”
Tuya acts as a diplomat in her own family, keeping her husband and sons emotionally honest and balanced. A gentle touch on the shoulder while he’s reprimanding their boys is enough to change the King’s tone, and a disappointed glance serves to jog Moses’ conscience when he humiliates Zipporah at the feast. She also seems to imply that she encouraged Seti’s decision to give Rameses a second chance. Thus, her Fe serves her Ni by prodding people along based on the potential she sees in them.
Tuya doesn’t hesitate to take in the baby who randomly washes up in front of her, even though she certainly knows he’s a Hebrew who’s supposed to be killed. It had to have been a calculated risk (possibly weighed and analyzed by her tertiary Ti) to rescue the child in direct opposition to her husband’s edict (and in the Biblical account, his biological mother is even allowed to act as wet nurse, so he must have been one cute baby).
When Moses’ whole world starts to collapse when he learns the truth, the Queen comforts him and assures him she will always love him as her son. For the wife of a man responsible for genocide, Queen Tuya is a constantly selfless and giving woman.
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