Per-Tutu
𓏏𓏲𓏏𓏲𓃬    𓏏𓏲𓏏𓏲𓀾    𓏏𓍯𓏏𓍯𓊹

MDC: twtw
​Alt Egyptian: dwdw, titi
Gardiner: 
Budge: Tutu
Transliteration: twtw
Reconstruction: Totowe
Old egyptian: TwAwA
Coptic: S Tōoute ⲧⲟⲟⲩⲧⲉ, Tioue ϯⲧⲟⲩⲉ (Personal name), Touōōt ⲧⲟⲩⲱⲧ
Hebrew:
Greek: Tithoes 𝚻ιθοης , Totoes 𝚻οτοης, Tithonous 𝚻ιθοήους 
Demotic: TAyDy (lock of hair) ϫⲓϫⲱⲓ
English: Tutu
Kemetic:
Alt: dwdw, dwAdwA, twAtwA, titi?, tww?
Pronounced: Tü-tü
Meaning: To gather, be complete, image, representation

Home: 
Temple: Kellis


Nome: 

Consort

Children

Parents
Ra (father)
Nit/ Neith (mother)

Alternative Parentage
Khenemu and Nit (Latopolis)


Siblings


Priest names

Features
Winged lion, the head of a human, other heads of hawks and crocodiles projecting from the body, and the tail of a serpent.

Symbols
Lion
Sphinx
Weaponry
Ka
​moon
Atef crown
Tni crown of Thinis 
hmhm crown
​nemes headdress 
Crocodile
smA-tAwy (royal symbol of the united lands)

Roles
God of protection of tombs, later guarded the sleeping from danger or bad dreams, Master of demons. Sun god and creator roles as King.

Connection to other gods
Sekhmet, Bastet

Celebrations

Offering items
Topaz (symbolic ward off evil spirits who cause nightmares)  
goose
bread


Other names
Hr-kA
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Epitaphs
aA--Great
aA hmhm --Great of Roaring 
aA pHty --Great of Strength 
bA tkk wr--Great Fighting 'Ba' (Soul)
bity n bityw --Lower Egyptian King of the Lower Egyptian Kings
dr xAtyw --Who wards off the demons
Hry-ib pr-iy-rq--residing in Philae 
Hry-ib wAD--residing in Wadj
Hry nTrw--Master of the Gods
Hry SmAyw-- Master of the wondering demons 
Hry Ssrw--cheif of the arrow demon
Hry-tp n xAtyw n sxmt SmAyw n bAstt --Master of the demons of Sekhmet and the wandering demons of Bastet
HsA Hr-- Fierce of face mAi the Lion
Hw sbiw m Hwt-sat n Tni--He Who beats the enemies in the Castle of the Massacre of Tinis (Abydos)
Hwi xrwy.f--He Who beats His opponents
iAw pr m nxn iw.k m sfy --Old one who appears as a child, while you are as a youth
iy n aS n.f--Who comes to the one calling him
mai--The Lion
msDr sDm --Ears that listen
ms n mwt.f--Whom his mother bore
nb aA--Lord of Strength
nb Hrw m tA r-Dr.f--Lord of many faces in the entire land
nb mDAt--Lord of the books
​nb niwt-- Lord of the City
nb nmtt--Free-Striding
nb nxtw--Lord of Victories
nb pt-- Lord of Heaven
nb qbhwy--Lord of Egypt
nb qnw--Lord of Strength
nb Sat aAt--Lord of the Great Massacre 
nb wAD-- Lord of Wadj
nfr Hr --Beautiful of face
nfr ib --favorable, kind character 
nHm rmT m-a xryt nbt-- Who saves men from (all) evil
nn Hr-xw.f-- There is no one like him 
​nTr aA--The Great god
nTr nTrw- God of Gods
​nTr nTry--Devine deity 
nTr nxt--mighty god
nsw m tA Smaw bity m tA mHw--King of Upper and Lower Egypt
nsw nTrw--King of the Gods
nsw sbA--King of the Two Stars
n-wn ky m sn-nw r.f-- There is no one like him 
nxy wr-- Great protector
nxt xpS-- mighty of arm 
pA Hry-tp n xAtyw n sxmt --The master of the Khatyu demons of Sekhmet 
pA nsw--The King
pA nisw bity--King of Upper and Lower Egypt
rw--The Lion
sA nit --Son of Neith
sA ra--Son of Ra
sHr sbiw --Who drives away the enemies 
sHr SmAyw --Who dispels the wondering demons 
wAD tA m pr.f-- The earth became green at his appearance 
wAH rnpwt --Who adds to the year
wDa mdw-- Who judges 
wDa mdw m Hwt bnbn m iwnw--Who judges in the castle of the Benben in Heliopolis 
wdi Xnnw m ibd nb m Xnw n SAw--He Who stirs up uproar every month in Sais
wpwty aA m dwAt--Great messenger in the Underworld 
wr pHty-- great of strength 
Filling of the eye



He Who outlines the Two Lands

Great Protector
God of Gods
Strong God


Fierce of Face
He Who annihilates in the place of execution from which one does not leave
Swift of pace
He Who dispels the Wandering spirits
He Who overthrows apophis
He Who overthrows the messenger's wicked spirits
He Who rages
He Who tramples the cobra
Strong of Valour
He Who wards off the 'Khatiu'-spirits
He Who protects the lands, the provinces, and the towns against the 'Khatiu'-spirits
Upper Egyptian King of the Upper Egyptian Kings


Master of all lands
He Who rules over every land
Master of all the Gods
Master of the arrow spirits
Master of the 'Khatiu'-spirits of Sekhmet and the Wandering spirits of Bastet
Master of the Wandering spirits 
The messengers act in accordance with His word
The Master of the 'Khatiu' spirits of Sekhmet
Leader of the Decan 'Khau'
Master of the 'Khatiu'-spirits who encircles the Earth at His command
Whose astral form is the decan 'Ipds'
The Divine Spirit

Invocation to Tutu

Offering formula 
Htp-di-nsw n kA.k twtw aA pHty Hry nTrw
For your kA, Tutu great of strength, master of the gods 



Ἠ σύνοδος Τιθοήους θεοῦ μεϒ [ά𝛌ου θ] εῷ Ἀμμωνίῳ ὲπὶ κοσμάρου ἀρ𝛘ιερέως ἐποίησεν εὐσεβείας 𝛘ά [ριν ἔτους] ιηʹ Θὼθ 𝛕ρισκαισεκά𝛕ηι.
The Cult of Tutu, the great god, in honor of the god of Amon, when Kosmaros was chief priest, has caused to be made, out of piety, in the year 18, the 13th of the month of Thoth
~Bernand, Les Portes du Désert p234

Ref. The Egyptian God Tutu: A Study of the Sphinx-god and Master of Demons with a Corpus of Monuments, Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 119, Peeters Publishers, Leuven 2003.   By Olaf E. Kaper