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Shu

deity sky Egyptian single tradition · 31

Shu is syncretized with Onuris in the version of the Distant Goddess myth with Onuris and Mehit. Shu and Tefnut sometimes represented the sun and moon.

↻ synthesized from 31 sources

When

First attested
3000 BCE
Attested period
-3000 – 2020
Historical notes
Egyptian deity, child of Menhit.

Relationships

syncretized with
Weneg, Onuris, Arensnuphis, Hedjhotep, Hu
consort of
Tefnut
sibling of
Heka, Tefnut, Hathor-Tefnut, Ma'at
co occurs with
Ra-Horakhty, Ankher, A'an, A'ah-Djehuty, Nebethetepet, Hand of Atum, Iusaaset, Anhur, Nehemtawy, Ptahil, Sokar, Tatenen, Ptah-Sokar-Osiris, Apophis, Sia, Khonshu, Amunet, Naunet, Shepsy, Nehmetawy, Unut, Nehbet-anet, Ay, Horus the Younger, Hathor-Tefnut, Nehebkau, Renenutet, Ra-Atum, Banebdjedet, Heka, Irer, Sedjem, Amaunet, Hauhet, Nu, Khnum-Ra, Hapy, Henkhisesui, Ḥutchai, Qebui, Shehbui, Anhur-Shu, Apis, Bennu, Min, Montu, Nefertem, Heru-ur, Im-ho-tep, Shezmu, Heryshaf, Oggar, Zehuti, Anpu, Menthu, Mehen, Blaze, Heru, Aton, Sekhmet, Wadjet, Neith, Eye of Ra, Aten, Mehit, Hathor, Bes, Osiris, Isis, Apep, Meretseger, Ptah, Nephthys, Bastet, Horus the Elder, Seth, Kuk, Kauket, Thoth, Ra, Set, Aker, Anubis, Maahes, Sobek, Tayt, Amon
allied with
Horus, Khepri, Khnum, Khonshu, Heh, Amun, Heh gods
aspect of
Re
created by
Atum
enemy of
Geb
parent of
Nut, Geb
child of
Khnum, Menhit, Atum, Ra-Atum, Ra
served by
Nut

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Sources

wikipedia (31)
  1. Mehit
  2. Menhit
  3. Weneg (deity)
  4. Atenism
  5. Eye of Ra
  6. Iusaaset
  7. Atum
  8. Khepri
  9. Ptah
  10. Ra
  11. Khonsu
  12. Thoth
  13. Ancient Egyptian deities
  14. List of Egyptian deities
  15. Amunet
  16. Maat
  17. Nehmetawy
  18. Nut (goddess)
  19. Tefnut
  20. Arensnuphis
  21. Banebdjedet
  22. Hu (mythology)
  23. Heh (god)
  24. Hutchai
  25. Khnum
  26. Sebeg
  27. Shehbui
  28. Shu (god)
  29. Hedjhotep
  30. Book of the Heavenly Cow
  31. Black Adam

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.”

#11085 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“She was also known to be the mother of Shu.”

#11169 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“He appears only in another Pyramid Texts spell from 6th Dynasty, where he is identified and equated with the sky god Shu.”

#13878 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“as well as a word for "light" (šw) that was a homophone for the name of the air god Shu.”

#15317 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“The process of creation was said to have begun when Atum masturbated, or copulated with himself, to produce the deities Shu and Tefnut, thus beginning the process of creation.”

#15803 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001