the egyptians believed that in the beginning, the universe was filled with the dark waters of chaos. the first god, re-atum, came from the water. re-atum spat and this created the gods shu (god of air) and tefnut (goddess of moisture). the world was created when shu and tefnut gave birth to two children: nut (goddess of the sky) and geb (god of the earth). humans were created when shu and tefnut went walking in the darkness and got lost. re-atum sent his eye to find them. after finding them, his tears of joy turned into people.