Ra the sun god biography of mahatma
Ra the sun god biography of mahatma gandhi
Ra the sun god biography of mahatma.
Ra
Ancient Egyptian solar deity
This article is about the Egyptian deity. For other uses, see Ra (disambiguation).
| Ra | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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&#