Fact 1:
Shu and Tefnut were also worshipped as a pair of Lions at Leontopolis in the Nile delta but his principal sanctuary was with the other solar gods at Heliopolis
Fact 2: Shu was the god of space that filled the atmosphere as Atum Ra was the god of heaven and Geb the god of earth
Fact 3: He was one of the gods who protected Atum Ra on his journey through the underworld, using magical spells to ward off the snake-demon Apep who was the enemy of Ra.
Fact 4: As the god of wind he was particularly revered by sailors
Fact 5: It was from Shu that the Greeks derived their representations, and possibly their myth of Atlas
Fact 6: His headdress is adorned by a feather - the Egyptian word 'Shua' meant feather
Fact 7: Shu's grandchildren were Osiris, Isis, Set and Nephthys. His great-grandsons were Horus and Anubis (as shown below, in the picture of the Shu Family Tree)
Fact 8: In one of the creation myths the goddess Maat is named as the daughter of Shu. The feather became her symbol, as well as her fathers, and was used in the Hall of Truths when the heart was weighed on a set of scales against the feather of truth (because of its lightness, the feather symbolized truth)
Fact 9: There was a belief that the heat of the sun caused ostrich eggs to hatch. The assistance of the sun's rays was seen as a re-enactment of creation and made the ostrich a symbol of creation and light.