Shu

Also known as Dewa Shu, Chou, Šu

primordial Egyptian god, a personification of dry air, spouse and counterpart to goddess Tefnut

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Shu was an ancient Egyptian god who represented dry air and was married to the goddess Tefnut, with whom he formed a complementary divine pair. He mattered to the ancient Egyptians as part of their creation mythology and their understanding of the natural elements that made up the world.

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Major cult centerHeliopolis, Leontopolis Symbolthe ostrich feather Genealogy ParentsRa or Atum and Iusaaset or Menhit SiblingsTefnut Hathor Sekhmet Bastet ConsortTefnut OffspringNut and Geb Equivalents GreekAtlas

Shu (Egyptian: šw, "emptiness" or "he who rises up", Coptic: ϣⲱⲓ) 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. He was the god of light, peace, lions, air, and wind.