== 神話 ==
Tefnut was connected with other leonine goddesses as the [[Eye of Ra]].テフヌトは、他のレオニンの女神たちと「ラーの目」としてつながっていた<ref>{{cite book|last=Watterson|first=, Barbara|title=, Gods of Ancient Egypt|publisher=, Sutton Publishing|year=, 2003|, isbn=:0-7509-3262-7}}</ref> 。 Tefnut was connected with other leonine goddesses as the [[Eye of Ra]]. As a lioness she could display a wrathful aspect and is said to have escaped to [[Nubia]] in a rage, jealous of her grandchildren's higher worship. Only after receiving the title "''honorable''" from [[Thoth]], did she return.<ref name="Ancient Egypt page. 183"/> In the earlier [[Pyramid Texts]] she is said to produce pure waters from her [[vagina]].<ref>The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts, trans R.O. Faulkner, line 2065 Utt. 685.</ref>
As Shu had forcibly separated his son Geb from his sister-wife Nut, Geb challenged his father Shu, causing the latter to withdraw from the world. Geb, who was in love with his mother Tefnut, takes her as his chief queen-consort.<ref name="Handbook of Egyptian Mythology">{{cite book |last= Pinch|first= Geraldine|date= 2002|title= Handbook of Egyptian Mythology|url= https://archive.org/details/handbookegyptian00pinc_532|url-access= limited|publisher= ABC-CLIO|page= [https://archive.org/details/handbookegyptian00pinc_532/page/n85 76]|isbn= 1576072428}}</ref>