Tefnut was the goddess of moisture and the sister and wife of Shu, the god of the atmosphere (air).

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In Egyptian mythology, Tefnut was the goddess of moisture and the sister and wife of Shu, the god of the atmosphere (air). Tefnut was depicted as a lioness or, as here, with the head of a lion. A solar divinity as well, she wears the solar disk and the uraeus. In her right hand is an ankh (symbol of life); in her left, a scepter.

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