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Shu (Egyptian deity)

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http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003006484
info:lc/authorities/sh2003006484
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh2003006484#concept

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Gods, Egyptian

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Shu Label from public data source Wikidata
Shu (Egyptian deity)

Sources

found: Work cat.: 54001892: Buck, A. de. Plaats en betekenis van Sjoe in de Egyptische theologie, 1947.

found: Britannica Micro.(Shu, in Egyptian religion, god of the air and supporter of the sky, created by Atum by his own power, without the aid of a woman. Shu was portrayed in human form with the hieroglyph of his name, an ostrich feather, on his head.)

found: Random House dict.(Shu: Egyptian religion, god of the air, sometimes represented with arms upraised, supporting the vault of heaven)

found: Old catalog heading(Shu (Egyptian deity))

LC Classification

BL2450.S6

Change Notes

2003-05-06: new

2003-06-12: revised

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