テフヌト(古代エジプト語: tfn.t; コプト語:ⲧϥⲏⲛⲉ、tfēne)<ref>https://thesaurus-linguae-aegyptiae.de/lemma/171880, Tfn.t (Lemma ID 171880), Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae</ref><ref>Love, Edward O. D., Script Switching in Roman Egypt, Innovative Scripts and Spellings at Narmoute/Narmouthis, de Gruyter, 2021, page312, doi:10.1515/9783110768435-014</ref>は、古代エジプトの宗教における水分、湿った空気、露、雨の神であり、次のように呼ばれている。は、古代エジプトの宗教における水分、湿った空気、露、雨の神である<ref name="ReferenceA">The Routledge Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses, George Hart ISBN:0-415-34495-6</ref>。
'''Tefnut''' ({{lang-egy| }} {{transl|egy|[[wikt:tfnwt|tfn.t]]}}; {{lang-cop|ⲧϥⲏⲛⲉ}} {{transl|cop|tfēne}}) is a deity of [[moisture]], moist air, [[dew]] and [[rain]] in [[Ancient Egyptian religion]].<ref name="ReferenceA">The Routledge Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses, George Hart {{ISBN|0-415-34495-6}}</ref> She is the sister and consort of the air god [[Shu (Egyptian god)|Shu]] and the mother of [[Geb]] and [[Nut (goddess)|Nut]].
==Etymology==
==Mythological origins==
{{see also|Ancient Egyptian creation myths}}
{{Ancient Egyptian religion}}
[[File:Egyptian - Menat with the Heads of the Deities Shu and Tefnut - Walters 541515.jpg|thumb|upright|A [[menat]] depicting Tefnut and her husband-brother [[Shu (Egyptian deity)|Shu]].]]
Tefnut is a daughter of the [[solar deity]] [[Ra]]-[[Atum]]. Married to her twin brother [[Shu (Egyptian god)|Shu]], she is mother of [[Nut (goddess)|Nut]], the sky and [[Geb]], the earth. Tefnut's grandchildren were [[Osiris]], [[Isis]], [[Set (deity)|Set]], [[Nephthys]], and, in some versions, [[Haroeris|Horus the Elder]]. She was also the great-grandmother of [[Harpocrates|Horus the Younger]]. Alongside her father, brother, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchild, she is a member of the [[Ennead]] of [[Heliopolis (ancient Egypt)|Heliopolis]].