Shu | ||||||
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Name in hieroglyphs |
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Major cult center | Heliopolis, Leontopolis | |||||
Symbol | the ostrich feather | |||||
Genealogy | ||||||
Parents | Ra or Atum and Iusaaset or Menhit[2] | |||||
Siblings | Tefnut Hathor Sekhmet Bastet | |||||
Consort | Tefnut | |||||
Offspring | Nut and Geb | |||||
Equivalents | ||||||
Greek equivalent | Atlas[3] |
Shu (Egyptian šw, "emptiness" or "he who rises up") was one of the primordial Egyptian gods, spouse and brother to the goddess Tefnut, and one of the nine deities of the Ennead of the Heliopolis cosmogony.[4] He was the god of peace, lions, air, and wind.[citation needed]
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