Eleanor Schneider
1-17-22
Period 2
Mr. Parsloe
Research Paper
The Shining Life of The Sun God Ra
You better be wearing sunglasses because we are going to jump into the bright life of the Sun God Ra of ancient Egypt. Ra was arguably the most important god he was the patron of the sun, heaven, kingship, power, and light. He governed the actions of the sun and he was thought to be the sun itself, as well as the day. Ra represented the universal power of the sun, and the people worshiped him as the most important god of all time.
Ra was also spelled Re or Pra in ancient Egyptian religion, representing sunlight, warmth, and growth. Ra’s appearance was usually in human form, but he had a falcon head which is crowned with a sun disk. Ra had also been described as a beetle or a human man with the head of a ram. He was a powerful deity and a central god of the Egyptian pantheon, a temple built for the gods and for Egyptians to worship them. Ra embodied the sun and Egyptian thought of a part of him being represented in every other god. Ra was one of the oldest gods in the Egyptian pantheon, Ra’s most arguably common power of the creation of Earth, Heaven, the Underworld, and all of the gods
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From an early start, Ra was worshiped because of his importance to Egyptian culture. Ra was one of the most often featured in ancient Egyptian mythology for starting order and creating the world. He was the king of gods and he was thought to be the sun itself. Ra symbolizes the beginning of new life and growth. The Egyptians praised Ra by making temples for them to worship him, and this continued throughout Egypt’s history. Ra was considered a king and father who maintained order through the rule of his sons. Ra was well known by many Egyptians, and they worshiped him as the