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Tefnut Goddess of Moisture RA02RE

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Manufacturer:Bodyzone

Zebra Foil Print One Piece. Nylon.

Tefnut is the Lion-headed Goddess of Moisture and Wetness, mostly water, rain, dew, and bodily fluids of an unmentionable nature. She"s also fond of spitting. Tefnut and her husband Shu were the children of Atum who created them by masturbating. When Atum became associated with Re, Re became Tefnut"s father. According to one myth, Tefnut became angry with her father Re and ran off to Nubia. The god Thoth went to find her and consoled her into returning to Egypt. Tefnut was thought to have been the upset goddess who fled into Nubia, taking all of her water and moisture with her. Egypt soon dried, and the land was in chaos while in Nubia, Tefnut turned herself into a lioness and went on a killing spree in her anger at her father, from whom she had fled. Eventually Ra decided that he missed her, and wanted her back. Ra sent Thoth and Shu to get her, and they found her in Begum. Thoth began at once to try and persuade her to return to Egypt. In the end Tefnut (with Shu and Thoth leading her) made a triumphant entry back into Egypt, accompanied by a host of Nubian musicians, dancers and baboons. She went from city to city, bringing back moisture and water (the inundation), amid great rejoicing, until finally she was reunited with her father, and restored to her rightful position as his Eye. This story also explains how the goddess of moisture could also be the goddess of dryness, heat and the negative aspects of the sun. The people believed that without her water, Egypt could dry and burn in the sun. So she took on the form of a lion - as did the other goddesses with the "Eye of Ra" title - and was also strongly linked to the sun.