- Tefnut - Wikipedia
Tefnut is a leonine deity, and appears as human with a lioness head when depicted as part of the Great Ennead of Heliopolis The other frequent depiction is as a lioness, but Tefnut can also be depicted as fully human
- Tefnut: the ancient Egyptian goddess of water and moisture
Here is everything you need to know about the ancient Egyptian goddess Tefnut It also includes myths surrounding her role, family history, and powers
- Tefnut: Egyptian Goddess of Moisture and Rain - History Cooperative
Tefnut is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated with moisture, rain, and water She is part of the Heliopolitan Ennead, a group of nine deities worshipped primarily in the ancient city of Heliopolis
- Tefnut - Ancient Egypt Online
Tefnut was generally depicted as a lioness or a woman with a lion’s head Less often, she was depicted as a woman She always wears a solar disk and Uraeus, and carries a sceptre (representing power) and the ankh (representing the breath of life) She also occasionally took the form of a cobra
- Tefnut: The Storm-Bringer and Lioness of Egyptian Mythology
Tefnut, daughter of the sun god Ra-Atum, glides between the realms of dryness and rain, her form as unmistakable as the promise of a distant thunderstorm over the parched earth
- The Role of the Goddess Tefnut in Egyptian Beliefs
In summary, Tefnut holds a significant position in ancient Egyptian beliefs as a goddess of moisture, fertility, and the natural order Her role in creation myths, cosmology, and worship practices underscores her importance in the pantheon of Egyptian deities
- The Myth of the Goddess Tefnut in Ancient Egypt
Who is Goddess Tefnut? Tefnut is often depicted as a lioness-headed goddess or sometimes as a woman with the head of a lioness She is the daughter of the sun god Ra and is considered the personification of moisture, representing the primeval waters that existed before the creation of the world
- The Global Egyptian Museum | Tefnut
Shu and Tefnut were also regarded as the eyes of the sky falcon, with Shu usually the sun and Tefnut the moon But Tefnut could also be the sun eye, who spits fire, annihilating her enemies and who in other versions of the myth is considered to be the uraeus
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