Shu

	Title	The God of Air
	Cult Center	Heliopolis
	Gender	Male
	Father	Ra The King of gods
	Consort	Sister Tefnut the goddess of Moisture
	Sons and Daughters	Geb the earth god Nut, the goddess of the sky
	Patron - Dominion	dryness of the air - holds power over snakes - wind
	Dedicated Shrines	Cosmic deity with no dedicated temples
	Appearance	Man wearing a crown with plumes and horns topped with a sun disc Man wearing a band with a feather a full lion
	Greek equivalent	Aether God of the upper air.
	Historical Developments	In Egyptian mythology Ra created him and his sister Tefnut, from the act of masturbation, - Tefnut and Shu started duality and the sexual cycle began in the universe, - He separated the earth from the sky, Shu holds aloft the sky, he keeps separate his two children Geb the earth god, and Nut, the goddess of the sky. - He was responsible for making the wind - In the Underworld he is leading the torturers and executioners, representing a great peril for the deceased.

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