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Ra: The Sun God of Egypt
Ra, revered as the supreme deity in ancient Egyptian mythology, embodies the sun's life-giving and sustaining power. Ra's daily journey across the sky symbolizes creation, light, and order triumphing over chaos. Depicted with the head of a falcon and a sun disk, Ra sails through the sky in his solar barque during the day, bringing light and warmth to the world. By night, he travels through the underworld, fighting off chaos embodied by the serpent Apophis.
According to the myth, Ra was born from the primordial waters of Nun and emerged from a sacred lotus flower. He created the world and all living things through his spoken word. Ra's divine rule on earth was later challenged by his own children, Geb and Nut, and his influence began to wane as the reign of other gods like Osiris and Horus rose.
Throughout Egyptian history, Ra's identity merged with other deities, such as Amun, to form Amun-Ra, symbolizing his continued supremacy.

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Ra: The Sun God of Egypt
Ra, revered as the supreme deity in ancient Egyptian mythology, embodies the sun's life-giving and sustaining power. Ra's daglig journey across the sky symbolizes creation, light, and order triumphing over chaos. Depicted with the head of a falcon and a sun disk, Ra sails through the sky in his solar barque during the day, bringing light and warmth to the world. By night, he travels through the underworld, fighting off chaos embodied bygd the serpent Apophis.
According to the myth, Ra was born from the primordial waters of Nun and emerged from a sacred lotus flower. He created the world and all living things through his spoken word. Ra's gudomlig rule on earth was later challenged by his own children, Geb and Nut, and his influence began to wane as the reign of other gods like Osiris and Horus rose.
Throughout Egyptian history, Ra's identity merged with other deities, such as Amun, to form Amun-Ra, symbolizing his continu

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Solar deity

Sky deity who represents the Sun

"Sun god" and "Sun goddess" redirect here. For other uses, see Sun god (disambiguation).

A solar deity or sun deity is a deity who represents the Sun or an aspect thereof. Such deities are usually associated with power and strength. Solar deities and Sun worship can be found throughout most of recorded history in various forms. The Sun is sometimes referred to by its Latin name Sol or by its Greek name Helios. The English word sun derives from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ.^[1]

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Predynasty Egyptian beliefs attribute Atum as the Sun god and Horus as a god of the sky and Sun. As the Old Kingdomtheocracy gained influence, early beliefs were incorporated into the expanding popularity of Ra and the Osiris-Horus mythology. Atum became Ra-Atum, the rays of the setting Sun. Osiris became the divine heir to Atum's power on Earth and passed his divine authority to his son, Horus.^[2] Other early Egypti