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Tefnut

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 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…

Art, Mythological origins & Etymology

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Mythological origins

Solar deityRaShuNutGeb
17 related topics

Etymology

OnomatopoeiaAtumIdeogramPhonogramDeterminative
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Iconography

UraeusAkhenatenTiyeNefertitiJoyce Tyldesley
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Cult centres

LeontopolisKarnakNile Delta
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Consort
Shu, Geb
Major cult center
Heliopolis, Leontopolis
Name in hieroglyphs
or
Offspring
Geb and Nut
Parents
Ra or Atum
Siblings
Shu, Hathor, Maat, Anhur, Sekhmet, Bastet, Mafdet, Satet

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Etymology

Mythological origins

Iconography

Cult centres

Mythology

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Tefnut

Nodes47
Edges46
Triples84
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.042553
Components1

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Tefnut

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related to Mythological origins · 19
Tefnut → Alongside, Elder, Ennead, Geb, Heliopolis, Horus, In, Isis, Married, Nephthys, Nut, Osiris, Ra-Atum, Set, She, Shu, Tefnut's, There, Younger
related to Iconography · 17
Tefnut → Akhenaten's, Amarna Period, During, Dynasties, Great Ennead, Hathor-Tefnut, Heliopolis, Her, In, Joyce Tyldesley, Nefertiti, She, Shu, Symbolically, The, Tiye, Tiye's
related to Mythology · 12
Tefnut → As, As Shu, Eye, Geb, In, Nubia, Nut, Only, Pyramid Texts, Ra, Shu, Thoth
related to Etymology · 10
Tefnut → Additionally, Although, Atum, Egyptian, Her, It, Like, Other, Tefen, The
related to Cult centres · 8
Tefnut → At Heliopolis, Ennead, Heliopolis, Here, Leontopolis, Lower Menset, Muqdam, Papyrus Berlin
related to Gallery · 6
Tefnut → Book, Dead, Ed-Dakka, Edfu Temple, Roman Chapel's Temple, Thoth
related to External links · 3
Tefnut → Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
is a · 2
Tefnut → first daughter of the solar deity Ra-Atum, product of parthenogenesis
Consort · 1
Tefnut → Shu, Geb
Major cult center · 1
Tefnut → Heliopolis, Leontopolis

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shu atum depicted also heliopolis lioness geb name ra deity ennead brother texts leontopolis nut cult myth form temple pyramid

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
TefnutConsortShu, Geb1.00infobox
TefnutMajor cult centerHeliopolis, Leontopolis1.00infobox
TefnutName in hieroglyphsor1.00infobox
TefnutOffspringGeb and Nut1.00infobox
TefnutParentsRa or Atum1.00infobox
TefnutSiblingsShu, Hathor, Maat, Anhur, Sekhmet, Bastet, Mafdet, Satet1.00infobox
TefnutSymbolLioness, Sun Disk1.00infobox
Tefnutis afirst daughter of the solar deity Ra-Atum0.90text
Tefnutis aproduct of parthenogenesis0.90text
Tefnutrelated to Cult centresHeliopolis0.60section
Tefnutrelated to Cult centresLeontopolis0.60section
Tefnutrelated to Cult centresMuqdam0.60section

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