Ra

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Ra
TitleThe Sun gods
Cult CenterHeliopolis
GenderMale
ConsortHathor
Sons and Daughters Thoth The god of wisdom
Shu the god of Air
Tefnut the goddess of moisture
The lioness goddess Sekhmet and her sister Bastet
Patron - Dominiongod of light - life - heat - supreme judge
Dedicated templestemples In Heliopolis (not survived time)
Karnak temple
AppearanceMan with hawk head
Headdress with a sun disk

  • He was one of the most important god since Pre-Dynastic Period
  • The only important god who was worshiped with consistency through all history
  • Father and the King of All gods,
  • One Of The Creators of the World along with Ptah and Amun
  • he lives within the actual physical disk of sun, myth logically described as the "boat of Millions of Years" which rises and sets each day, riding from horizon to horizon on the back of Night, and traversing during the hours of darkness the netherworlds where the enemies of Maat reside.
  • The Sky goddess Nut Swallows Ra at night and gives birth to it again at dawn, every day
  • Pharaohs of the Old Kingdom venerated Him as their family patron, and called themselves "sons of Ra" in official titles and constructed sun-temples and pyramids.
  • His popularity in Egypt was immanent as sunlight itself, continued throughout history, even great Names as Amun and Ptah had to "share the spotlight" with him,
  • in Amun's case, during the New Kingdom, a composite Name Amun-Ra was created to avoid slighting either cult,

  • Page last updated: 15 Feb 2008
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