Shai is the personification of destiny and Renenet of fortune; these names are usually found coupled. Shia and Renenet are said to be the hands of Thoth the divine intelligence of the gods; and Rameses II boasts that he himself is "lord of Shai and creator of Renenet."
Shai was originally the god who "decreed" what would happen to a man, and Renenet, as may be seen from pyramid texts was the goddess of plenty, good fortune, and the like; subsequently no distinction was made between these deities and the abstract ideas which they represent.
In the papyrus of Ani (one of the largest intact papyrus'> Shai stands by himself near the pillar of the Balance, and Renenet is accompanied by Meskhenet, who appears to be the personification of all the conceptions underlying Shai and Renenet. You can join Unsolved Mysteries and post your own mysteries or
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