Editing Tefnut (section)

==Iconography==
Tefnut is a leonine deity, and appears as human with a lioness head when depicted as part of the Great [[Ennead]] of Heliopolis. The other frequent depiction is as a lioness, but Tefnut can also be depicted as fully human. In her fully or semi anthropomorphic form, she is depicted wearing a wig, topped either with a [[uraeus]] serpent, or a uraeus and solar disk, and she is sometimes depicted as a lion headed serpent. Her face is sometimes used in a double headed form with that of her brother Shu on collar counterpoises.<ref name="Wilkinson">{{cite book|last=Wilkinson|first=Richard H|title=The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt|year=2003|publisher=[[Thames & Hudson]]|isbn=0-500-05120-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/completegodsgodd00wilk_0/page/183 183]|url=https://archive.org/details/completegodsgodd00wilk_0/page/183}}</ref> Symbolically, she is also often depicted as the lioness, the daughter, the eye, the diadem and the uraeus. She even assumes the role of the mistress of the flame, where she is adorned with a flame to represent protection against enemies.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=El-Weshahy1 El-Hadad2 Hafaz3 |first=Mohida1 Nada2 Sherin3 |date=2022 |title=Scenes of The Goddess Tefnut in the Temple of Dekka in The Lower Nubia |url=https://jaauth.journals.ekb.eg/article_326064_d30790af0322a722f98bf49745991651.pdf |journal=Journal of Association of Arab Universities for Tourism and Hospitality |volume=22 |issue=3 |pages=219–235 |via=Journal of Association of Arab Universities for Tourism and Hospitality}}</ref>

During the 18th and 19th Dynasties, particularly during the Amarna Period, Tefnut was depicted in human form wearing a low flat headdress, topped with sprouting plants. [[Akhenaten]]'s mother, [[Tiye]] was depicted wearing a similar headdress, and identifying with Hathor-Tefnut. The iconic blue crown of [[Nefertiti]] is thought by archaeologist [[Joyce Tyldesley]] to be derived from Tiye's headdress, and may indicate that she was also identifying with Tefnut.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Tyldesley|first1=Joyce|title=Nefertiti: Egypt's Sun Queen|date=2005|publisher=Penguin UK|isbn=978-0140258202|edition=2nd|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fv7nHi_3XCgC&q=tefnut+plant+crown&pg=PT107|access-date=17 January 2016}}</ref>