Tefnut



Tefnut is the daugter of Atum and sister of Shu. She is the goddess of moisture, dew and rain. Tefnut is one of the lioness-headed goddesses and one of the water Egyptian deities.

Etymology
The goddess' name is related to the root tef, "to spit, be moist" and nu, "sky, waters". Appropriately, she was the personification of the moisture of the sky. Tefnut was the counterpart to Shu and the mother of Geb and Nut.

Form
Tefnut was depicted in the form of a woman who wears on her head the solar disk circled by two cobras. She holds in her hands the sceptre and ankh. Many times she has the head of a lioness or is shown as one.

Informations
Responsible For: Order, Justice, Time, Heaven and Heli, Weather.

Totemic Form: Lion.

Tefnut heped support the sky, and each morning received the sun on the eastern horizon.She was one of the "great nine" who sat in judgement of the dead. She was considered the goddess of the second hour of the night of the fourteenth moon.