Tjenenyet is first attested by name on carved blocks dated to the 12th Dynasty but may have existed prior to that time. She was worshipped, along with the goddess Iunit, as joint consort of the falcon deity Montu in the town of Armant (Hermonthis) and in the surrounding Theban region. In the Ramesside Period of the New Kingdom she rose to somewhat greater importance, but declined in later ancient Egyptian history. Although sometimes thought to be the same as the goddess Raet, the association does not seem likely as the two Egyptian gods are known to have been depicted together.
