What is Tefnut?
[[File:Tefnut.svg|thumb|Tefnut with a head of the lion with a solar disk above head. ]] {{Hiero|Tefnut|<hiero>t:f-n:t-I13</hiero>|align=left|era=egypt}} '''Tefnut''' was the ancient [[Egypt]]ian [[goddess]] of [[water]] and [[fertility]]. She and her brother and husband, [[Shu (god)|Shu]], were created by [[Atum]], [[Ra]] or [[Amun]]. Tefnut was the mother of [[Nut (goddess)|Nut]] and [[Geb]] also she is associated with the [[lion]]. In [[art]] she is represent as a [[woman]] with [[head]] of the lion with [[Sun]] disc. == God's plan == Tefnut, along with [[Shu]], were the first deities created by [[Ra]]. She had other names, such as Tefenet and Tefnet. She was mainly in charge of [[moisture]], but was also responsible for [[Order]], [[Time]], [[Justice]], [[Heaven]] and [[Hell]]. She was very closely related to both the [[sun]] and the [[moon]]. She was known as both the left (moon), and right (sun): 'Eyes of Ra.' == Physical description == Once Tefnut fled from [[Ra]] as a lioness, causing a great drought. Only [[Thoth]] could persuade her to return, so he went to [[Nubia]] and got her back. When she got back, there was great rejoice in all the temples. After that incident, Tefnut, normally wearing her fathers’ sun disk, was seen as a [[lioness]], or a woman with a lions’ head. Very rarely ever again was she seen portrayed as a full woman. When Tefnut was in the [[royal court]], she wore a crown made of sprouting plants. Sometimes she was seen lying horizontally between the ground and the sky. She was sometimes pictured with her husband, [[Shu (god)|Shu]], helping to hold up [[Nut (goddess)|Nut]]. She cried with the pain, and when she cried, that made the ground fertilized. == Power & magic == Tefnut sat in judgment of the dead in the underworld. Tefnut wears her fathers’ sun disk, a symbol of power. She carries a [[scepter]] and wears an [[ankh]], the symbol of life. As she was the [[goddess]] of [[moisture]], she was also related to other deities of moisture and wetness. She was seen holding up the sky