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Sky god who represents the Sun
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Table of contents : • Ancient Egyptian solar deity This article is about the Egyptian deity. For other uses, see Ra (disambiguation). In one of his many forms, Ra, god of the Sun, has the head of a falcon and the sun-disk inside the Uraeus resting on his head. Ra (;[2]Ancient Egyptian: rꜥ; also transliterated rꜥw, pronounced[ˈɾiːʕuw]ⓘ; cuneiform: 𒊑𒀀ri-a or 𒊑𒅀ri-ia;[3]Phoenician: 𐤓𐤏,[4] romanized: rʿ) or Re (; Coptic: ⲣⲏ, romanized: Rē) was the ancient Egyptiandeity of the Sun. By the Fifth Dynasty, in the 25th and 24th centuries BC, he had become one of the most important gods in ancient Egyptian religion, identified primarily with the noon-day sun. Ra ru
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INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION TO THE THIRD EDITION
ABBREVIATIONS
I. MYTHS, EPICS, AND LEGENDS
EGYPTIAN MYTHS, TALES, AND MORTUARY TEXTS
Creation and Myths of Origins
The Creation by Atum
Another Version of the Creation by Atum
The Theology of Memphis
The Repulsing of the Dragon and the Creation
All Men Created Equal in Opportunity
Thebes as the Place of Creation
The Assignment of Functions to Thoth
The Primeval Establishment of Order
The Mythological Origin of Certain Unclean Animals
Deliverance of Mankind from Destruction
Heroic Tales—Exploits of Gods and Human Beings
The Repulsing of the Dragon
The God and His Unknown Name of Power
The Contest of Horus and Seth for the Rule
Astarte and the Tribute of the Sea
The Story of Si-nuhe
The Taking of Joppa
The Story of Two Brothers
The Journey of Wen-Amon to Phoenicia
The Legend of the Possessed Princess
The Tradition of Seven Lean Years in Egypt
Mortuary Texts: Life after Death
The Conquest of Death
The Fields of Paradise
The Good Fortune of the Dead
The Protestation of Guiltlessness
SUMERIAN MYTHS AND EPIC TALES
Enki and Ninhursag: a Paradise Myth
Dumuzi and Enkim Ra
Ra Name in hieroglyphs
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orMajor cult center Heliopolis but was worshipped everywhere in Ancient Egypt. Symbol Sun Disk Parents None (most accounts)
Khnum and Neith (alternative sources)
Hathor (In the cycle of rebirth) Mehet-Weret (some accounts)Siblings Apep, Sobek and Serket (as son of Khnum and Neith) Consort Hathor, Sekhmet, Bastet, Satet (in some myths) Offspring Shu, Tefnut, Hathor, Sekhmet, Mafdet, Bastet, Satet, Anhur, Ma'at, Mut, Anat, Qetesh Greek Helios[1]