Hathor-Tefnut
Hathor-Tefnut is Shu's mythological sister and wife. Shu and Tefnut sometimes represented the sun and moon.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 1400 BCE
- Attested period
- -1400 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested from the Ptolemaic Period (332–30 BC) onward.
Relationships
- consort of
- Shu
- co occurs with
- Hand of Atum, Hathor-Raettawy, Ra, Mehit, Onuris, Eye of Ra
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“In the version with Onuris and Mehit, Onuris is syncretized with Shu and Mehit with Hathor-Tefnut, Shu's mythological sister and wife. Because Shu and Tefnut sometimes represented the sun and moon, Mehit could also represent the full moon.”
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“in different versions of the myth of the Distant Goddess, Hathor-Raettawy was the consort of Montu and Hathor-Tefnut the consort of Shu.”
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“During the 18th and 19th Dynasties, particularly during the Amarna Period, Tefnut was depicted in human form wearing a low flat headdress, topped with sprouting plants. Akhenaten's mother, Tiye was depicted wearing a similar headdress, and identifying with Hathor-Tefnut.”
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