Muotathal is a village and a municipality in Schwyz District in the Canton of Schwyz in Switzerland . The eponymous valley, the Muotatal, is formed by the Muota , which joins Lake Lucerne at Brunnen .

Muotathal is first mentioned in 1246 as Muthathal and Mutetal.

In 1799, 30 September – 1 October, during Suvorov's Swiss campaign (part of War of the Second Coalition), a numerically inferior Russian rearguard fought the French troops in the Muotatal, covering the march of the main force, and inflicted a heavy defeat, thus saving the Imperial Russian Army's forces from possible destruction.

The village is located in the valley of the river Muota, the Muotatal, with which it shares the name. The municipality is located in a series of valleys on the eastern edge of the canton, on the borders with the cantons of Uri and Glarus .