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Tefnut

deity sky Egyptian single tradition · 17

An Egyptian god with the head of a lion.

↻ synthesized from 17 sources

When

First attested
3000 BCE
Attested period
-3000 – 2020
Historical notes
Ancient Egyptian religion.

Relationships

co occurs with
Nandi, Narasimha, Ox-Head, Penghou, Pratyangira, Tikbalang, Tumburu, Varaha, Zhu Bajie, Anpao, Nebethetepet, Hand of Atum, Iusaaset, Anhur, Nehemtawy, Meretseger, Mehet-Weret, Satet, Mestjet, Weret-hekau, Sothis, Khepri, Bes, Ptah, Apis, Ptahil, Sokar, Tatenen, Ptah-Sokar-Osiris, Horus, Amun, Khonshu, Amunet, Min, Set, Shu, Nut, Naunet, Shepsy, Nehmetawy, Unut, Nehbet-anet, Ay, Horus the Elder, Horus the Younger, Seth, Nehebkau, Geb, Nekhbet, Neith, Renenutet, Anuket, Nephthys, Imentet, Heqet, Hathor, Satis, Anput, Hesat, Serket, Wosret, Ma'at, Wadjet, Mut, Shesmetet, Ra-Atum, Nun, Minotaur, Cynocephalus, Daksha, Ganesha, Hayagriva, Horse-Face, Keibu Keioiba, Khnum, Ame-no-Uzume, Mehit, Astarte, Osiris, Aten, Anubis, Menhit, Isis, Bat
sibling of
Maahes, Pakhet, Sekhmet, Bastet, Sakhmet, Mut, Hathor, Shu
allied with
Ra, Horus, Iabet, Thoth
created by
Atum
syncretized with
Hathor, Wedjat, Hathor-Tefnut
manifests as
Eye of Ra, sacred cat, lioness, vulture
aspect of
Re
enemy of
Apophis, Geb
parent of
Geb, Nut
consort of
Shu, Geb
manifested by
Eye of Ra
child of
Ra, Atum, Ra-Atum

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Mentioned by

and 7 more

Sources

wikipedia (17)
  1. List of hybrid creatures in folklore
  2. Bastet
  3. Dawn deities
  4. Eye of Ra
  5. Iusaaset
  6. Atum
  7. Ptah
  8. Ra
  9. Amunet
  10. Iabet
  11. Mut
  12. Nehmetawy
  13. Nut (goddess)
  14. Tefnut
  15. Geb
  16. Sebeg
  17. Shu (god)

Source passages

“Maahes, Pakhet, Sekhmet, and Tefnut – Each of these Egyptian gods has the head of a lion.”

#4717 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“These lakes were typical components of temples devoted to a number of lioness goddesses (Bastet, Mut, Tefnut, Hathor, Sakhmet) who are said to represent one original goddess and who came to be associated with sun gods such as Horus and Ra, as well as the Eye of Ra.”

#10868 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“In Egyptian mythology, Tefnut, in part of her being goddess of the morning dew.”

#15446 · 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.”

#15804 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Egyptians associated many gods who took felid form with the sun, and many lioness deities, like Sekhmet, Menhit, and Tefnut, were equated with the eye. Bastet was depicted as both a domestic cat and a lioness, and with these two forms she could represent both the peaceful and violent aspects of the eye”

#15872 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001