God Dedun

God Dedun on the left side crowning Tuthmose II

God Dedun was an Egyptian god, lord and  giver  of  cense. To  the  monarch, Dedun  gets the  peoples and riches  of southwest lands. He was usually portrayed in human guise, but, like  Arsnuphis, he could as well assume the form of a lion.

God Dedun was good by King Tuthmosis III (1479-1425 B.C.E.) of the 18th Dynasty, Tuthmosis developed a temple at Semna for the worship of Dedun, apparently  designated  as  a  testimonial  to  pacify  the  local  inhabitants  and  to  establish  a  resonance  with  the  region.  The temple  also  served  as  a  repository  to  the  troops  of  the noted  Medjay during  the  conflict  with  the  Asiatics  in Egypt Delta.

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.