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Tefnut (Ancient Egyptian: tfn.t; Coptic: ⲧϥⲏⲛⲉ tfēne) is a
deity in
Ancient Egyptian religion, the
feminine counterpart of the air god Shu. Her mythological...
- one of the
primordial Egyptian gods,
spouse and
brother to the
goddess Tefnut, and one of the nine
deities of the
Ennead of the
Heliopolis cosmogony....
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mythology worshipped at Heliopolis: the sun god Atum; his
children Shu and
Tefnut;
their children Geb and Nut; and
their children Osiris, Isis, Set, and Nephthys...
- from whom all else arose. He
created himself and is the
father of Shu and
Tefnut, the
divine couple, who are the
ancestors of the
other Egyptian deities...
- ****d, or co****ted with himself, to
produce the
deities Shu and
Tefnut, thus
beginning the
process of creation. The hand he used in this act was...
- of the world, when the
solar creator—either Ra or Atum—is alone. Shu and
Tefnut, the
children of this
creator god, have
drifted away from him in the waters...
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emerged from a
chaotic state of the
world and gave rise to Shu (air) and
Tefnut (moisture), from
whose union came Geb (earth) and Nut (sky), who in turn...
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beings coexisted. He
created Shu, god of air, and the
goddess of moisture,
Tefnut. The
siblings symbolized two
universal principles of humans: life and right...
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daytime and
nightly firmament, the son of the
earlier primordial elements Tefnut (moisture) and Shu ("emptiness"), and the
father to the four
lesser gods...
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identified with Shu,
becoming Anhur-Shu. He is the son of Ra and
brother of
Tefnut if
identified as Shu. Amenhotep, from the time of
Thutmose IV. Amenhotep's...
