Ra (; ; also transliterated , ; cuneiform: ri-a or ri-ia; Phoenician: 𐤓𐤏, romanized: rʿ) or Re () was the ancient Egyptian deity of the Sun. By the Fifth Dynasty, in the 25th and 24th centuries BC, Ra had become one of the most important gods in ancient Egyptian religion, identified primarily with the noon-day Sun. Ra ruled in all parts of the created world: the sky, the Earth, and the underworld. He was believed to have ruled as the first pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. He was the god of the Sun, order, kings and the sky.
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Ra was the ancient Egyptian sun god who became one of the most important deities in Egyptian religion by around the 25th century BC, associated with the midday sun and believed to rule the sky, earth, and underworld. He held significant religious and political importance, as Egyptians saw him as the god of the sun, order, kings, and the sky, and even believed he had ruled as Egypt's first pharaoh.
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- Deity.name
- Ra
- Deity.type
- Egyptian
- Deity.image
- Re-Horakhty.svg
- Deity.caption
- Ra-Horakhty one of the many forms of Ra, god of the Sun, has the head of a falcon and the sun disk inside the Uraeus resting on his head.
- Deity.hiero
- r:a-N5:Z1-C2orN5:Z1-C2orC2-N5orC2orN5
- Deity.cult_center
- Heliopolis but was worshipped everywhere in Ancient Egypt.
- Deity.symbol
- Sun Disk
- Deity.siblings
- Apep, Sobek and Serket (as son of Khnum and Neith)
- Deity.consort
- Hathor, Sekhmet, Bastet, Satet (in some myths)
- Deity.offspring
- Shu, Tefnut, Hathor, Sekhmet, Mafdet, Bastet, Satet, Anhur, Ma'at, Mut, Anat, Qetesh
- Deity.greek_equivalent
- Helios
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16 sectionsContents
- Religious roles
- Journey of the Sun
- Sun as a creator
- In the underworld
- Iconography
- Worship
- Relationship to other gods
- Gods merged with Ra
- Images
- Gods created by Ra
- Other gods
- See also
- References
- Works cited
- Further reading
- External links
Ra (; ; also transliterated , ; cuneiform: ri-a or ri-ia; Phoenician: 𐤓𐤏, romanized: rʿ) or Re () was the ancient Egyptian deity of the Sun. By the Fifth Dynasty, in the 25th and 24th centuries BC, Ra had become one of the most important gods in ancient Egyptian religion, identified primarily with the noon-day Sun. Ra ruled in all parts of the created world: the sky, the Earth, and the underworld. He was believed to have ruled as the first pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. He was the god of the Sun, order, kings and the sky.
Ra was portrayed as a falcon and shared characteristics with the sky-god Horus. At times, the two deities were merged as Ra-Horakhty, "Ra, who is Horus of the Two Horizons". When the god Amun rose to prominence during Egypt's New Kingdom, he was fused with Ra as Amun-Ra.