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Tefnut was a goddess in ancient Egyptian religion, paired with the air god Shu, and is believed to have been associated with moisture based on ancient texts describing her producing water. She was also among the goddesses who could take on the role of the fierce Eye of Ra, though her exact religious significance remains less well understood than that of her counterpart Shu.
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Key facts
- Deity.type
- Egyptian
- Deity.name
- Tefnut
- Deity.image
- Tefnut.svg
- Deity.image_upright
- .7
- Deity.caption
- The goddess Tefnut portrayed as a woman with the head of a lioness and a sun disc resting on her head.
- Deity.hiero
- t:f-n:t-I13 or D26
- Deity.cult_center
- Heliopolis, Leontopolis
- Deity.symbol
- Lioness, Sun Disk
- Deity.parents
- Ra or Atum
- Deity.siblings
- Shu, Hathor, Maat, Anhur, Sekhmet, Bastet, Mafdet, Satet
- Deity.consort
- Shu, Geb
- Deity.offspring
- Geb and Nut
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Ancient Egyptian deity
- Part of
- Egyptian mythology
- Gender
- female
- Spouse
- Shu
- Child
- Nut
- Father
- Atum
- Sibling
- Shu
- Image
- Tefnut.svg
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- Commons category
- Tefnut
- worshipped by
- religion of ancient Egypt
- name in hiero markup
- t:f-W24:t-I12
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Article · Deutsch
Tefnut (auch Tefnet; weitere Beinamen: „Nubische Katze“, „Wahrheit“) ist eine altägyptische Göttin, die zu den neun Schöpfergottheiten der heliopolitanischen Kosmogonie (Enneade von Heliopolis) gehört. Sie symbolisierte das Feuer. Frühere Annahmen, dass Tefnut die Feuchtigkeit darstelle, wurden in der Ägyptologie inzwischen verworfen.
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