| Shu | ||||||
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Shu_with_feather.svg) The ancient Egyptian god Shu is represented as a human with feathers on his head, as he is associated with dry and warm air. This feather serves as the hieroglyphic sign for his name. Shu could also be represented as a lion, or with a more elaborate feathered headdress.[1] | ||||||
| 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 | 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 light, peace, lions, air, and wind.[citation needed]
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