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Shu and Tefnut

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Shu and Tefnut are an Egyptian divine pair associated with air and moisture respectively

Bronze ritual menat bearing the heads of Shu and Tefnut, from Egypt’s Late Period, 664–380 BCE. Walters Art Museum, 54.1515. Instruments of this type were used with beaded collars in rituals
Bronze ritual menat bearing the heads of Shu and Tefnut, from Egypt’s Late Period, 664–380 BCE. Walters Art Museum, 54.1515. Instruments of this type were used with beaded collars in ritualsThe Walters Art Museum · 54.1515 · CC0 1.0 · CC0License · Image source

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Shu and Tefnut are an Egyptian divine pair associated with air and moisture respectively. [1]

Creation traditions place them among the deities emerging from AtumAtumAtum is an Egyptian creator god associated with HeliopolisGlossary · Click to read the explanation. The Walters Museum preserves an object with their heads from 664–380 BCE; that object’s date differs from the origin of their worship.

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  1. Walters Art Museum, Menat with the Heads of the Deities Shu and Tefnut, 54.1515, 664–380 BCE. Description and source metadata Return to the text ↑

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  1. Edition 3 · 13 October 2026 · aladmin

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  2. Edition 2 · 13 October 2026 · editor:aladmin

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