Egyptian mythology
Tefnut
Goddess of Moisture, Rain, and the Eye of Ra
- Mythology
- Egyptian mythology
- Siblings
- Shu
- Group
- Ennead · Creation · Sun · Divine · Nature · Water · Primordials · Eye of Ra
- Appears in
- Thoth and the Wandering Eye · The Creation of the Ennead · The Eye of Ra · The Distant Goddess · The Destruction of Mankind
- Places
- Heliopolis
- Objects
- Eye of Ra
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Tefnut is the goddess of moisture, born with her brother Shu, dryness, from the creator Atum at the dawn of the world. Together they are the first divine pair, parents of Geb the earth and Nut the sky, the elder generation from which the gods descend. A lioness or lion-headed woman, she also serves as an Eye of Ra. In one myth she quarrels and flees in fury to Nubia as a raging lioness, and the land suffers for her absence until Thoth coaxes her home, her return restoring the order and waters Egypt needs.
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Thoth and the Wandering Eye
Chapter 1
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Tefnut?
- Tefnut is the goddess of moisture, born with her brother Shu, dryness, from the creator Atum at the dawn of the world. Together they are the first divine pair, parents of Geb the earth and Nut the sky, the elder generation from which the gods descend.
- Which mythology does Tefnut belong to?
- Tefnut belongs to Egyptian mythology.
- Which stories does Tefnut appear in?
- Tefnut appears in Thoth and the Wandering Eye, The Creation of the Ennead, The Eye of Ra, The Distant Goddess, The Destruction of Mankind, told as chaptered audio dramas in MythologyNow.
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