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* Cult Center: Heliopolis and throughout [[Egypt]]. |
* Cult Center: Heliopolis and throughout [[Egypt]]. |
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* Attributes: From very early times Ra was a sun [[Gods|god]]. He took on many of the attributes and even the names of other gods as Egyptian myths evolved. |
* Attributes: From very early times Ra was a [[sun]] [[Gods|god]]. He took on many of the attributes and even the names of other gods as Egyptian myths evolved. |
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* Representation: He is often pictured as a hawk or as a hawk headed man with a solar disk encircled by a uraeus on his head. He is often pictured wearing the double crown of upper and lower Egypt. |
* Representation: He is often pictured as a hawk or as a hawk headed man with a solar disk encircled by a uraeus on his head. He is often pictured wearing the double crown of upper and lower Egypt. |
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* Other Names: Re, Phra. |
* Other Names: Re, Phra. |
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Related: [[Gods]] |
Related: [[Gods]] |
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* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_mythology |
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_mythology |
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There is a page in the [[Principia Discordia]] where it says '''Our god's the sun god, our god's the fun god, Ra Ra Ra"'''. I always found that quite sunny ;) [[User:mutante|mutante]] 23:09, 22 Apr 2005 (CEST) |
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Ra
Father of the gods.
- Cult Center: Heliopolis and throughout Egypt.
- Attributes: From very early times Ra was a sun god. He took on many of the attributes and even the names of other gods as Egyptian myths evolved.
- Representation: He is often pictured as a hawk or as a hawk headed man with a solar disk encircled by a uraeus on his head. He is often pictured wearing the double crown of upper and lower Egypt.
- Relations: Father of the first divine couple, Shu and Tefnut. Grandfather of Geb and Nut, whose children were Osiris and Isis, Seth and Nephthys.
- Other Names: Re, Phra.
Related: Gods
There is a page in the Principia Discordia where it says Our god's the sun god, our god's the fun god, Ra Ra Ra". I always found that quite sunny ;) mutante 23:09, 22 Apr 2005 (CEST)