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[[File:Book of Nut.jpg|500px|thumb|A typical example of the Book of Nut depicting Nut as a goddess lifted by Shu with Geb lying underneath her.]] | [[File:Book of Nut.jpg|500px|thumb|A typical example of the Book of Nut depicting Nut as a goddess lifted by Shu with Geb lying underneath her.]] | ||
'''Shu''' (Egyptian ''šw'', "emptiness" or "he who rises up") was one of the primordial [[Egyptian religion|Egyptian gods]], spouse and brother to the goddess Tefnut, and one of the nine deities of the Ennead of the Heliopolis cosmogony. He is the god of | '''Shu''' (Egyptian ''šw'', "emptiness" or "he who rises up") was one of the primordial [[Egyptian religion|Egyptian gods]], spouse and brother to the goddess Tefnut, and one of the nine deities of the Ennead of the Heliopolis cosmogony. | ||
He is the god of air, moisture, and wind. | |||
==Family== | ==Family== | ||