The belief in the Sun god began by a small cult in the city Helioplis, a few miles north of Cairo. The ideology of Ra explains to its followers the phenomena of nature and creation. Soon the belief became popular and spread over Egypt.

Ra was known or represented as many things. In human form Ra was called Atum. Atum wore a double crown, one red crown for lower Eygpt and the other a white crown for Upper Egypt, showing his unification of rule. Ra is also known as the sacred beetle Khepra. They associated the beetle with Ra because they saw it come from the ground and it was believed that they were self created. Other depictions of Ra show him as a man with the head of a falcon with a solar dis

Ra wasn't just a religious figure he was very political. The pharaohs where believed to be the physical son and the earthly embodiment of Ra. The names of the kings where written within an oval which is called a Cartouche, frequently it compounds the name of the pharaoh with Ra. The cobra worn on the heads of the Pharaohs was also a sign of Ra that was described to spit fire against the enemy when the king was in battle. All these signs gave validity to the divinity of the Pharaoh who ruled Egypt.

c toped with a cobra. All different versions of Ra united the same myth, which governed all Egypt.

Before Ra begat other gods he existed alone in a watery mass of Nun which filled up the universe. He had sexual union with him self and bore Shu, the god of the air and Tefnut, the goddess of moister. Shu and Tefnut then produced Geb, the god of earth, and Nut, the goddess of the sky. Geb and Nut produced Osiris, Isis, Seth and Nephtys.

Further Mythology explains a different side to Ra. Geb and Nut wher

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