Shu

God of air and sunlight who sustains the sky above earth.

Parentage

• parent: Atum

Children

• Geb
• Nut

Domains

• air
• sunlight

Powers

• Holding the sky aloft above the earth eternally
• Separating Nut from Geb
• Bearing the light and the breath of life

Epithets

• 𓆄𓅱𓀭 egyptian-hieroglyphic · Šwgod of air who lifts the sky-goddess Nut from the earth-god GebPyramid Texts, Utterance 600 (primary)
• wn-pt Egyptian · wen-pet · primordialSupporter of the SkyLeitz, Lexikon der ägyptischen Götter und Götterbezeichnungen, s.v. Shu (secondary)

Relations

• sibling: TefnutFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Atum) per the figures' cited genealogy.

Sources

• existence: Pyramid Texts, Utterance 527 (primary)