Tueris

This goddess with a hybrid body is shown standing. Tueris has the body of a hippopotamus, often fitted with a drooping chest, lion's paws, and the back of a crocodile. Depending on the context, it could be the head of a hippo, crocodile, lioness, or a woman. It is associated with the sign of protection sa .

During the New Kingdom, his worship is attested Heliopolis , but the name of the goddess "Ta-Uret", which means "Great", denotes many goddesses.

Tueris is pregnant, protective and fertile, which determines childbirth. It is a constellation filled with stars. Sometimes identified withIshida she repels those who rape her sonGor ... She is a daughterRe ... In magical texts, she states that she is "a pig that protects its master and thanks to which the old man becomes young again."

The cult accompanied many amulets. Tueris is present in Book of the Dead , magic papyri, mammisi (or temples of childbirth) and in temples in relation to the goddesses.