Ra

Also known as Re

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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Image: Ra Enthroned in the Tomb of Roy.jpg

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Commons category: Ra
name in hiero markup: r:D36-ra:Z1-C2

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Contents

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 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.