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Gender Feminine
Usage Egyptian Mythology
Scripts tnn.t(Egyptological)
Other Forms FormsTjenenet, Zenenet, Tanenet, Tenenit
Meaning & History
In Egyptian mythology she was a goddess of childbirth and beer. She was typically depicted as a woman wearing a cow uterus on her head like another Egyptian childbirth goddess, Meskhenet. She was considered a protector of the uterus for pregnant women. She was a consort of the war-god Montu. Eventually she was merged with Raet, Isis, and Iunit.