Shu (god)

Major cult centerHeliopolis, LeontopolisSymbolthe ostrichfeatherGenealogyParentsRa or Atum and Iusaaset or MenhitSiblingsTefnut
Hathor
Sekhmet
BastetConsortTefnutOffspringNut and GebEquivalentsGreekAtlas

Shu (Egyptian: šw, "emptiness" or "he who rises up", Coptic: ϣⲱⲓ) was one of the primordial Egyptian gods, spouse and brother to the goddess Tefnut, and one of the nine deities of the Ennead of the Heliopolis cosmogony. He was the god of light, peace, lions, air, and wind.