Pillars of Shu

Pillars of Shu were cosmogonic structures  in Egyptian cults, four columns that suffered the heavens, named Pet. The Pillars of Shu stood at all corner of the rectangular organization of heaven and were guarded by the Sons  of  Horus, ( Imsety,  Hapi, Qebehsennuf , and Duamutef). These spiritual beings also cautious the Canopic Jars of the went in graves.

God Shu

God Shu Hieroglyphic Name

God Shu

God Shu was an Egyptian god of the air, the sponsor of light  and  atmosphere.  At  the  command  of  Atum, Shu raised  Nut from  the  cover of the earth god Geb and varied  her  into  the  sky.  A  solar  god,  Shu  was shown as a man expecting a scepter, an ankh or a Maat feather. He bore a solar disk on his head. The  consort  of  Tefnut, Shu  was  also  part  of  lion cults.  The  four  pillars  of  heaven  were  his  symbols.  He was  worshipped  at  Heliopolis and  at  Leontopolis. Shu was addressed He Who Rises Up. He was a appendage of the Ennead in  Heliopolis  and  was  also  connected  with  the cult of Ra, restrictive that deity from the serpent Apophis. Shu  was  the  prosopopoeia  of  divine  intelligence  in Egypt.

God Apedemak

God Apedemak Hieroglyphic Name

God Apedemak

God Apedemak was a god from Nubia in the deep south of Egypt and he bore for war and victory and was too the own protector of the king. He was venerated alongside the other great gods, especially those who came from the south border themselves same Khnum and Ankhet. His few local fellows all like him had typical Egyptian features, like Dedun - god of the four serious points, wealth and cense. Apedemak come by popularity very late in history - during the Greek era (330-50 BC.) when the Egyptian cultural influence was slowly fading out in the southern districts. He was commonly saw as a man with a lion's head with the usual holds and regalia.