His name was actually given to him by the Greeks to identify the baboon god Djeheuty of the Egyptians. When Tefnut had a dispute with Ra and fled to Nubia, it was he who reasoned with her and brought her back. He helped out Anubis by interviewing the dead before weighing their heart and then determining the quality of their afterlife. Commonly depicted holding a reed pen and scribal palette which 
His name was actually given to him by the Greeks to identify the baboon god Djeheuty of the Egyptians. When Tefnut had a dispute with Ra and fled to Nubia, it was he who reasoned with her and brought her back. He helped out Anubis by interviewing the dead before weighing their heart and then determining the quality of their afterlife. Commonly depicted holding a reed pen and scribal palette which fit with his duties, FTP, name this ibis-headed deity, the Egyptian messenger of the gods and the god of wisdom.
His name was actually given to him by the Greeks to identify the baboon god
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