== 神話 ==
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>Watterson, Barbara, Gods of Ancient Egypt, Sutton Publishing, 2003, isbn:0-7509-3262-7</ref>。牝ライオンとして怒りに満ちた面を見せることもあり、孫の崇高な信仰に嫉妬して怒ってヌビアに逃れたとも言われている。トトから「名誉ある」という称号を受けて初めて、彼女は戻ってきた<ref name="Ancient Egypt page. 183"/>。初期のピラミッド・テキストでは、彼女は膣から純粋な水を出すとされている<ref>The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts, trans R.O. Faulkner, line 2065 Utt. 685.</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. 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>