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When this aspect was adopted into the Ennead (Heliopolitan theology) of Ancient Egypt, he became Ra-Heru-akhety (Ra-Horakhty), a combined god of Horus and Ra who represented the sun as it traveled across the sky (while Khepri and Atum represented the rising and setting suns respectively).
Ra ruled in all parts of the created world: the sky, the Earth, and the underworld. [5] He was believed to have ruled as the first pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. [6] 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.
Definition. Ra-Horakhty is a composite deity in ancient Egyptian religion, merging the sun god Ra with Horus, the sky god. This figure embodies the sun at its zenith and represents the dawn and the horizon, symbolizing power and protection.
20 Μαΐ 2021 · Ra is the Egyptian word for 'sun'. As a solar deity, Ra embodied the power of the sun but was also thought to be the sun itself, envisioned as the great god riding in his barge across the heavens throughout the day and descending into the underworld at sunset.
21 Ιαν 2020 · In ancient Egyptian mythology, Ra (also known as Re) was worshiped as the god of the sun, creation, law, light, order and, fertility and growth. It was believed that he rode on his sun barge (Atet) through the underworld in order to bring the sun to the Egyptians.
3 Ιουν 2023 · The falcon’s head signifies that the god Ra shared some characteristics with an equally old and respected deity - Horus. The latter also had a falcon’s head, and was worshiped as the god of the skies and of kingship, and was seen as Egypt’s tutelary god.
29 Νοε 2022 · Ra was the Egyptians’ ultimate creator deity, whose eyes became the sun and the moon. Appearing in various forms and incarnations over millennia of worship, the falcon-headed god was the patron of the sun, kings, and order.
