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Beautiful shot of the mummy mask of an unnamed lady. Colourful gods parade across the yellow mask, bringing offerings: on this, the left side, we have Seshat, Hathor (wearing an elaborate headdress with a vulture wearing the red crown), Tefnut, and Anubis wearing the double crown.

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When: Roman Egypt

Where: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Wall relief of the goddess Tefnut in the Kom Ombo temple (Ptolemaic dynasty, 180–47 BCE)

In ancient Egyptian religion and mythology, Tefnut (also spelled Tefenet, from the hieroglyphic phonograms t-f-n-t) was the goddess of rainfall; her name translates to something like ‘She of moisture’. She is depicted here with a lion’s head, crowned with the solar disk and uraeus serpent.

This relief is often erroneously identified as Sekhmet, a more well-known lion-headed goddess.

image and abridged text from here

Tried to make this look as much like a middle school power point presentation slide as possible (featuring: my statues of Sekhmet and Bast)

The water is full of vegetation - Ptah is the reeds. Sakhmet the lotus shoots. The goddess of dew is the lotus buds, and Nefertem the blossoms.

The Memphis Ferry (Papyrus Harris 500) in Hymns, prayers, and songs: An anthology of ancient Egyptian lyric poetry. Translated by John L Foster. p 165.

🌧️ Dua Tefnut, Great Mother of the Gods! 🌧️

Due to limited space, my shrine is confined to a closet, but…

LOOKIT ALL THOSE GODS!!!!

From back left to right; Anubis, Sekhmet-Mut, Hathor-Nut, Bast, Mafdet, Wepwawet, Shezmu, (itty bitty) Amun-Ra, Nefertem, Wenut, Tefnut, Pakhet, Duamutef, and Anupet!

Front: Serqet!

Currently awaiting a proper statue for Amun-Ra, and need to get Mama Anupet a bigger jackal (I thought the itty bitty one was gonna be as big as Dad and Wep’s 😭) but!! It feels SOOO good to have Them all represented somehow!! 💜

Dua Netjeru!

Also please excuse the fuzz and ashes on the shrine cloth, I own a lot of black faux fur that sheds on everything, and ashes are kinda par for the course with incense smh

Lady Tefnut, the Wandering Goddess, bringer of life-giving rains, standing in the Nile accompanied by the sun and the moon :)

Oil paints are not a medium I usually work in so it's not my most intricate piece, but I recently finished a painting for Lady Tefnut! Rain is so soothing and healing for me, I'm ever grateful to Her :)

Dua Tefnut!

moon knightober day 17 - ennead

I have this lovely Tefnut ACEO card, one of a kind, for auction over on my website!

Tefnut, the fierce lioness goddess of humidity, was, alongside her twin brother and husband Shu, the first ever Sky user of the world. Despite her delicate appearance, she can be pretty dangerous if provoked.

Being the first ever being to have experienced love, she can be very passionate and often driven by her emotional side rather than her intuition.

Being the first ever Queen of Kemet as well, she often guides the new kings and queens with her precious wisdom.

The Goddess Tefnut wall relief - Kom Ombo Temple - Ptolemaic dynasty - 180–47 BCE The relief is often erroneously identified as Sekhmet, a more well-known lion-headed goddess. In ancient Egyptian religion and mythology, Tefnut (also spelled Tefenet, from the hieroglyphic phonograms t-f-n-t) was the goddess of moisture and rainfall. Her name translates to something like 'She of Moisture'. Tefnut was worshipped as a goddess of creation and sometimes associated with fertility and life-giving powers, who shared the space between Heaven and Earth with her twin brother and air god, Shu.  She is depicted with a lion’s head crowned with the solar disk and uraeus serpent.   Tefnut is the daughter of the all-powerful sun deity, Atum (Atem), also called Ra, or sometimes Atum-Ra. Atum Ra was the creator is the cosmos in ancient Egyptian religion and is responsible for creating air and water: Shu and Tefnut. Shu and Tefnut are parents to Nut, the sky goddess, and to Geb, the earth god. Geb and Nut then created their own children: Osiris, Isis, Set, and Nephthys. These nine deities (Atum-Ra, Shu, Tefnut, Nut, Geb, Osiris, Isis, Set, and Nephthys) form a group called the Great Ennead. The Ennead is a group of creation deities who were worshipped in Ancient Egypt, especially Heliopolis.   

Moon Knight - Tefnut Concept Art by Alan Villanueva

A couple months ago there was a visiting Egyptian exhibit at a local museum. I wasn't terribly hopeful, but I wanted to see if there was any Shu artifacts. Well much to my surprise there were a lot! I've never seen Shu and Tefnut together, and I found them twice! Had to draw a little thing to commemorate!