Ra egyptian god biography
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Ra
Ancient Egyptian solar deity
This article is about the Egyptian deity. For other uses, see Ra (disambiguation).
| Ra | |||||||
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In one of his many forms, Ra, god of the Sun, has the head of a falcon and the sun-disk inside the Uraeus resting on his head. | |||||||
| Name in hieroglyphs | or or | ||||||
| Major cult center | Heliopolis but was worshipped everywhere in Ancient Egypt. | ||||||
| Symbol | Sun Disk | ||||||
| Parents | None (most accounts) Khnum and Neith (alternative sources) Hathor (In the cycle of rebirth) Mehet-Weret (some accounts) | ||||||
| Siblings | Apep, Sobek and Serket (as son of Khnum and Neith) | ||||||
| Consort | Hathor, Sekhmet, Bastet, Satet (in some myths) | ||||||
| Offspring | Shu, Tefnut, Hathor, Sekhmet, Mafdet, Bastet, Satet, Anhur, Ma'at, Mut, Anat, Qetesh | ||||||
| Greek | Helios[1] | ||||||
Ra (;[2]Ancient Egyptian: rꜥ; also transliterated rꜥw, pronounced[ˈɾiːʕuw]ⓘ; cuneiform: 𒊑𒀀ri-a or 𒊑𒅀ri-ia;[3]Phoenician: 𐤓𐤏,[4&# ra egyptian god biography2 QUQ