Shu

Shu in Season 1, Episode 51 by Mojito

**Shu** is the God of Air, the second child of Ra, partner of Tefnut, and father of Nut and Geb.

## Appearance

Shu has blue skin that is darker than Tefnut's. He is also muscular. He wears a golden upright crown of reeds, and a golden circlet. He has short, dark hair, or wears a short, dark wig, with golden fringe. He has a dark beard shaped into a cone, with gold at the tip. His upper lip is painted black, and his lower lip is painted white or pale yellow, to match Tefnut's lion mask. He has black and white marks around his eyes. He wears a thick golden usekh or wesekh with rows of red gems or beads. He wears gold and red armlets on his upper arms, and matching bracelets on both wrists. He wears golden anklets on both ankles. He wears a knee-length shendyt or sheath skirt, with a double-layer golden belt. There is a piece of cloth that hangs down in the center, that might decorated with gold. He does not wear shoes.

He is nearly a head taller than Tefnut. He is also taller than Bastet.

## Personality

Shu rarely talks, and often seems to let Tefnut do the talking, or remain silent. He can be oblivious at times, even when Tefnut is talking.

## Life

Shu is the second child of Ra, and falls in love with Tefnut and has Nut and Geb with her.

It's possible Shu also abandons Isis along with the other gods in fear of Seth during Isis' flight from Heliopolis.

Shu joins with the other gods of the Ennead to attend the trial of Seth and Horus, seemingly in support of Isis, and largely as an observer only. When Seth attacks Osiris, Shu supports Tefnut during the blast wave. When Osiris asks for the opportunity to testify, Shu discusses it with Tefnut.

Shu comes up with the idea that is chosen for the first match: underwater breath-holding. When someone off-screen asks, "Who came up with such a boring event?", Shu and Tefnut are visibly annoyed. Shu lends his protection to Horus during the section match, so that Horus can breathe underwater.

When the last match is declared to be a hunting contest, and Tefnut is annoyed at the concept of hunting, Shu is confused, as he seemingly wasn't paying attention, but noticed she said something. When he asks, she waves him off. He suggests to the assemblage that Seth and Horus hunt birds, as it would decrease Seth's overpowering sand abilities. This terrifies Thoth.

He joins in consenting to giving Seth a penalty for the match. When Anubis arrives to offer to give Seth weapons to use during the match, and Isis pulls him aside in private to talk it over, Bastet discusses Anubis' qualifications and possible theories for his motives with Shu and Tefnut.

During Seth's sentencing, when Nephthys announces that she loved Osiris, Isis faints, and Tefnut cries out and catches her, Shu joins them.

When Ra proposes that Seth goes to work on her sun boat, and Isis says that Seth could die there, Shu and Tefnut note that they will also serve on the sun boat, and will ensure he doesn't die.

## Powers

Shu can lend his protection to other people, and allow them to breathe underwater.

As a god, Shu does not have the power to create children.

Shu seemingly serves on Ra's sun boat, which involves experiencing relentless heat and oppressive gravitational force. Shu and/or Tefnut comments that this is no trouble to deal with.

Shu is possibly more physically powerful than Tefnut, as he had less issue withstanding Seth's power blasts.

## Relationships

#### Ra

Shu seems to support Ra's goal of putting Seth on the sun boat.

#### Tefnut

Shu and Tefnut are close still, and often appear together, whether sitting or standing, often leaning on each other or otherwise holding each other. Shu tends to agree with her positions on matters.

## Trivia

* Shu is one of the male gods who doesn't wear a mask, along with Osiris, Thoth, and Geb.
* Osiris' typical outfit appears to be very similar to Shu's. They are the only two named male Egyptian gods with beards or beard ornaments. The only other "named" god with a beard is "Foreign God".

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Mojito. *ENNEAD,* Tappytoon, English. Season 1, Episode 51.
2. ↑ Mojito. *ENNEAD,* Tappytoon, English. Season 1, Episode 6.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Mojito. *ENNEAD,* Tappytoon, English. Season 1, Episode 52.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 Mojito. *ENNEAD,* Tappytoon, English. Season 1, Episode 7.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Mojito. *ENNEAD,* Tappytoon, English. Season 1, Episode 13.
6. ↑ Mojito. *ENNEAD,* Tappytoon, English. Season 1, Episode 1.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Mojito. *ENNEAD,* Tappytoon, English. Season 1, Episode 12.
8. ↑ Mojito. *ENNEAD,* Tappytoon, English. Season 1, Episode 69.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Mojito. *ENNEAD,* Tappytoon, English. Season 1, Episode 72.
10. ↑ Mojito. *ENNEAD,* Tappytoon, English. Season 1, Episode 70.