History Egyptian Sphinx Tutu lion protector god Sculpture museum reproduction art 13.75" www.Neo-Mfg.com home decor relief

History Egyptian Sphinx Tutu lion protector god Sculpture museum reproduction art 13.75" www.Neo-Mfg.com home decor relief Size 13.75" Long x 8.5" Tall x 4.75" wide This is a replica of the original sculpture in the museum Museum details Tutu was a late addition to the Egyptian pantheon: the name of the god first appears in the 6th century B.C, and he flourished in the last centuries B.C. and in the Roman Period. The god was the son of the goddess Neith, and he was usually represented in the form of a striding royal sphinx composed of a lion's body and a human head, with usually a snake as his tail. In later periods he may be depicted in a pantheistic mode with other elements like a crocodile head or a lion head attached to his body. Tutu had many aspects (a powerful and victorious god, a divine king, master of demons), but most essentially he was understood as an accessible god to whom people could turn for help in their everyday existence. Very often he was represented on stelae wher