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泰芙努特
Sign in to saveTefnut ( ; ) is a deity in Ancient Egyptian religion, the feminine counterpart of the air god Shu. Her mythological function is less clear than that of Shu, but Egyptologists have suggested she is connected with moisture, based on a passage in the Pyramid Texts in which she produces water, and on parallelism with Shu's connection with dry air. She was also one of the goddesses who could function as the fiery Eye of Ra.
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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- Tefnut
- worshipped by
- religion of ancient Egypt
- name in hiero markup
- t:f-W24:t-I12
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Article · 中文
泰芙努特(Tefnut)是埃及神话中的潮湿女神，生育之神，赫利奥波利斯城九柱神之一。泰芙努特在地上的化身是母狮。崇拜她的中心地区是赫利奥波利斯城，据此地神话说，她与丈夫(空气神舒)是阿图姆(拉·阿图姆)的第一对孪生子女。她们的子女是苍天女神努特和大地神盖布。泰芙努特有时也被认为是孟菲斯地方神普塔赫之妻，太阳神拉之女，太阳神之眼，长在拉的前额上。每当太阳升起，她的眼睛就要喷出火焰，烧灼大神的敌人。在这方面，泰芙努特与乌托等同。乌佩斯和塞莎特是她的两个变体。 有一则故事说，泰芙努特作为太阳之眼躲到努比亚去了(埃及出现了干旱)，拉神派图特和舒(另一说是奥努里斯)去寻找她。泰芙努特她变成了一只猫，攻击一切靠近她的男人和男神。最后，图特神在乔装之下终于说服了她返回埃及。 她与舒神结婚，预示着自然界的复苏和繁茂。泰芙努特与木特、巴斯特、哈托尔、塞赫麦特以及其他狮子女神混同。
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