Shou
See also: Shou (homonymy)
Shou (or Cabbage ) is a god of the Egyptian Mythologie which belongs to large the Ennéade of Héliopolis.
It was born, like his twin sister and marries Tefnout (or Tphenis), of the seed of Atoum the creator. They form the first divine couple thus. All two have only one single relative, the god Re-Atoum. Shou symbolizing the air and Tefnout moisture, they represent with their two children, Geb (ground) and Nout (sky), the four paramount elements. It is Shou which, on order of his/her father, separated Geb and Nout (air between the ground and the sky).
It was the symbol of the air, but also that of the breath of the life. One represented it under the features of a bearded man being held upright or with knee close to Geb and supporting Nout the tended arms. Sometimes one represented it with his wife in the shape of a lion or in the shape of an airstream.
Shou and Tefnout were honoured in the town of Léontopolis (or Letopolis) in the Delta with the Nile. Later, Re will replace Atoum in the role of the father of Shou and Tefnout.
The six king-gods are in the order:
Simple: Shu (god)
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