Tefnut is an Egyptian goddess associated with the waters and the rains; she is the sister and consort of Shu, god of the air, and the mother of Nut (the sky) and Geb (the earth).

She is an old goddess with close mythic connections with the city of Heliopolis and is a part of the Heliopolitan Ennead. She had also a particular center of worship in Leontopolis (Taremu).

Tefnut is depicted here as a woman with the head of a lioness and wears the sun disk and uraeus snake. She carries the was staff, a symbol of power, in one hand and the ankh, a symbol of life, in the other.

Images of Tefnut in art can be difficult to differentiate from those of Sekhmet, but Tefnut’s ears are somewhat pointed while Sekhmet’s tend to be more rounded.

Tefnut, lady of the waters, bringer of rain
to the dusty land, I praise and honor you.