Tenemu
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Tenemu Tnmw The waylessness |
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Tenemu represented in the coffin texts of the Middle Kingdom as part of the primeval chaos next to the darkness Kuk and the endlessness Huh, the deity of "pathlessness". She is also the wife of Tenem .
The function of Tenemu is described in the “ Schu Book”: “ Schu is enveloped with the breath of life from the phoenix's throat on the day when Atum was created in Heh , Nu , Keku and Tenemu. The field goddess binds Shu in Tenemu. "
See also
literature
- Rainer Hannig : Large concise dictionary of Egyptian-German. (2800-950 BC). The language of the pharaohs (= Hannig-Lexica. Vol. 1 = Cultural history of the ancient world . Vol. 64). 4th revised edition. von Zabern, Mainz 2006, ISBN 3-8053-1771-9 , pp. 1274-1275.
- Christian Leitz among others: Lexicon of Egyptian gods and names of gods (LGG). Volume 1: A - i (= Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta. Vol. 110). Peeters, Leuven 2002, ISBN 90-429-1146-8 , p. 433.
- Waltraud Guglielmi: Tenemu / Tenemit. In: Wolfgang Helck , Eberhard Otto (Hrsg.): Lexikon der Ägyptologie. Volume 6: Stele - Cypress. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1986, ISBN 3-447-02663-4 , column 420-421.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christian Leitz u. a .: LGG . P. 433.