Rem (mythology)

Rem ( "to weep"), also Rem-Rem, Remi, or Remi the Weeper, who lives in Rem-Rem, the realm of weeping[2] was a fish god in Egypt who fertilized the land with his tears,[3] producing both vegetation and the reptiles.[4] He is assumed to be the personification of Ra's tears.[1]

Rem[1]
in hieroglyphs

References

E. A. Wallis Budge (1904). The Gods of the Egyptians: Or, Studies in Egyptian Mythology. 1. Methuen & Company. p. 303.
Gerald Massey (2008) [1907]. Ancient Egypt - The Light of the World: A Work of Reclamation and Restitution in Twelve Books. NuVision Publications. p. 319. ISBN 978-1595476067.
Donald A. MacKenzie (2004) [1915]. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria. Kessinger Publishing. p. 29. ISBN 978-1417976430.
E. A. Wallis Budge (1904). The Gods of the Egyptians: Or, Studies in Egyptian Mythology. 1. Methuen & Company. p. 319.

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[Budge-1] E. A. Wallis Budge (1904). The Gods of the Egyptians: Or, Studies in Egyptian Mythology. 1. Methuen & Company. p. 303.

[2] Gerald Massey (2008) [1907]. Ancient Egypt - The Light of the World: A Work of Reclamation and Restitution in Twelve Books. NuVision Publications. p. 319. ISBN 978-1595476067.

[3] Donald A. MacKenzie (2004) [1915]. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria. Kessinger Publishing. p. 29. ISBN 978-1417976430.

[4] E. A. Wallis Budge (1904). The Gods of the Egyptians: Or, Studies in Egyptian Mythology. 1. Methuen & Company. p. 319.