ヘリオポリス神学では、アトゥムは自慰行為や唾を吐くことによって、エネアッドの最初のカップルであるシューと[[テフヌト]]を作った。シューはヌトとゲブの父であり、オシリス、イシス、セト、ネフティスの祖父である。その曾孫がホルスとアヌビスである。
==Myths神話 =={{Ancient Egyptian religion}}
As the air, Shu was considered to be a cooling, and thus calming, influence, and pacifier. Due to the association with dry air, calm, and thus [[Ma'at]]<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Lazaridis|first1=Nikolaos|title=Ethics|journal=UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology|date=2008|url=http://digital2.library.ucla.edu/viewItem.do?ark=21198/zz000s3mhn|access-date=22 May 2017}}</ref> ([[truth]], justice, order, and balance), Shu was depicted as the dry air/atmosphere between the earth and sky, separating the two realms after the event of the First Occasion.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Dunan|first1=Francoise|title=Gods and Men in Egypt|date=2004|publisher=[[Cornell University Press]]|location=Ithaca and London|isbn=978-0801488535|page=41|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2Fe9yVzshx4C|access-date=23 May 2017}}</ref> Shu was also portrayed in art as wearing an [[ostrich]] [[feather]]. Shu was seen with between one and four feathers. The ostrich feather was symbolic of lightness and [[emptiness]]. [[Fog]] and [[cloud]]s were also Shu's elements and they were often called his [[bone]]s. Because of his position between the [[sky]] and [[earth]], he was also known as the [[wind]].<ref name="Egyptian Symbols">{{cite book |last=Owusu|first=Heike|title=Egyptian Symbols|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v0bwmQZRTysC&q=shu+egyptian+god&pg=PA99|page=99|publisher=Sterling Publishing Co. Inc.|access-date=6 October 2014|isbn=9781402746239|year=2008}}</ref>