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Shu - The God of the Air

by Günther Eichhorn
God of the Air (see Mythology). He was the son of Atum, husband and brother of Tephnut (the moisture), and father of Geb and Nut. One myth has it that Shu and Tephnut once argued and Tephnut left Egypt for Nubian (which is always more temperate). Shu quickly decided he missed her, but she changed into a cat that killed anyone, man or God, who approached her. Shu asked Thoth for help, and Thoth, in disguise, eventually convinced her to return to Egypt. Shu is shown as a man with a single feather standing on his head.

Egypt 1616 Relief of Shu (top left), with Ptah (center left), in the Temple of Kom Ombo. (518k) Egypt 1676 Relief of Shu, holding the Was scepter, in the Temple of Kom Ombo. (439k) Egypt 1668 Close-up of the relief of Shu in the Temple of Kom Ombo. (357k)


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