Ra

The Egyptian sun god, creator and king of the gods, who sailed the sky by day and the underworld by night.

Core Themes

• The daily circuit: the solar barque's passage through the twelve hours of the Duat, renewed each dawn.
• Union with other gods — Amun-Ra, Ra-Horakhty — as Egypt's theology folded its suns into one.

Related Concepts & Sources

Egyptian (culture), Solar Myth (theme), Duat (context)