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Tefnut (Ancient Egyptian: tfn.t; Coptic: ⲧϥⲏⲛⲉ tfēne) [1] [2] is a deity in Ancient Egyptian religion, the feminine counterpart of the air god Shu.Her mythological function is less clear than that of Shu, [3] but Egyptologists have suggested she is connected with moisture, based on a passage in the Pyramid Texts in which she produces water, and on parallelism with Shu's connection ...
He was seen as the son of the Creator god Ptah, as well as the feline goddess (Bast in Lower Egypt or Sekhmet in Upper Egypt) whose nature he shared. Maahes was a deity associated with war, protection, and weather , as well as that of knives , lotuses , and devouring captives .
Water god in an ancient Roman mosaic. Zeugma Mosaic Museum, Gaziantep, Turkey. A water deity is a deity in mythology associated with water or various bodies of water.Water deities are common in mythology and were usually more important among civilizations in which the sea or ocean, or a great river was more important.
Mokoi, an evil spirit in Yolngu stories who kidnapped and ate children; Namarrkon (also known as Namarrgon [2]), Lightning man, makes lightning appear and creates roars of thunder in storms; Ngintaka, Pitjantjatjara creator being; Nogomain, a god who gives spirit children to mortal parents; Onur, Karraur lunar deity
Ceres, goddess of growing plants and motherly relationships; equivalent to the Greek goddess Demeter; Diana, goddess of the hunt, wild animals, wilderness and the moon; equivalent to the Greek goddess Artemis; Faunus, horned god of the forest, plains and fields; Feronia, goddess associated with wildlife, fertility, health and abundance
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]
Sekhmet was considered the wife of the god Ptah and mother of his son Nefertum. She was also said to be the mother of the lion-headed war god, Maahes. She was also considered to be the sister of the cat goddess Bastet. [8] The lion-headed goddess Sekhmet is the most represented deity in most Egyptian collections worldwide.
Initially depicted as a goddess in Sumerian times, when it was called Lamma, it was later depicted from Assyrian times as a hybrid of a human, bird, and either a bull or lion—specifically having a human head, the body of a bull or a lion, and bird wings, under the name Lamassu. [3] [4] In some writings, it is portrayed to represent a goddess. [5]