The solemn epithet of the god Onuris (Egyptian Anhure) is “He who brings from afar”: Onuris is identified with Shu, who returns the Eye of Ra from the Nubian Desert - Tefnut in the guise of a lioness. Just as Shu is revered in tandem with Tefnut, so Onuris is revered in tandem with the lioness goddess Mehit. He, too, upholds the sky, and his name is sometimes accompanied by the epithet "Heaven Holder."
Onuris is the god of the city of Tisa (Egyptian Cheni), a warrior god and patron of hunters. He protects people from the forces of darkness and evil, from wild animals, and helps Ra in his ongoing struggle with the eternal enemy of the Sun - the serpent Apep. He is depicted as a young man dressed in a tunic; his right hand is necessarily raised. On his head he wears a headdress of tall feathers, which symbolize the columns supporting the sky - the goddess Nut.
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