Ra, The Sun God: The Egyptian God

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The god I am doing is Ra, the sun god. He was the most important god of all the Egyptian gods and goddesses. He created himself from a mound of primeval waters. He created the gods Shu and Tefnut. Ra is said to have created all humans from his tear. The sun was said to have come from the eye of Ra. The center of his cult was from the beginning of Heliopolis. He was also venerated in the forms Atum and Khepri. It is said Ra travels every day on a solar barque across the sky to be portrayed the the sun. He starts in the morning. At night he travels on another barque through the underworld. Every night Apep would attack Ra and try to keep him from emerging again to bring another day. The two gods Seth and Mehen always accompanied him and are