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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,
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