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Ra

Father of the gods.

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.

Related: Gods

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 * Cult Center: Heliopolis and throughout [[Egypt]].
-* 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. A good example of this is the god Ra and Amun merging to become Amun-Ra or Ra and Horus combining to become Ra-Harakhte. Since Ra was a god of great antiquity, there are far to many stories connected with him to relate them all. I will relate some that I find interesting, including the legend of Ra and Hathor.
+* 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.
+*  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]]
+* http://members.aol.com/egyptart/ra.html
+* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_mythology
 [[Category:Religion]]