| Title | Lunar Goddess of Moisture |
|---|---|---|
| Cult Center | Heliopolis | |
| Gender | Female | |
| Father | Ra The King of gods | |
| Consort | Brother Shu | |
| Sons and Daughters | Geb Nut | |
| Patron - Dominion | water - moisture - clouds | |
| Dedicated temples | Cosmic deity with no dedicated temples | |
| Appearance | - A woman who wears on her head the solar disk circled by two cobras. She holds in her hands the sceptre and ankh
- Head of a lioness - A full lioness | |
| Historical Developments |
In Egyptian mythology Ra created Tefnut and her and brother Shu from semen, which resulted from his primordial act of masturbation
- Egyptians believed that without her water, Egypt could dry and burn in the sun. - According to the Pyramid Texts, she created pure water from her vagina - Tefnut and Shu the air god, started duality and the sexual cycle began in the universe - Tefnut was the first female to have sex, and the first mother giving birth to Geb the earth god, and Nut the goddess of the sky - Together the four members of this cosmic family, made up the quartet of major elements of the universe: earth, air, sky and water - She looks like Sekhmet, however, Tefnut's ears are routinely pointed, whereas Sekhmet's are rounded |