2007-02-15 00:15:55 · 8 answers · asked by genehpie 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Ra sometimes Rê based on the attested Coptic name also Phra and later as Amon-Ra, meaning literally "sun" was a major deity in ancient Egyptian religion. Identified primarily with the mid-day Sun the chief cult centre of Ra was based in Heliopolis meaning "City of the Sun". In later Egyptian dynastic times, Ra was subsumed into the god Horus, as Re-Horakhty (and many variant spellings). He commanded sky, earth, underworld. He was associated with the falcon.
2007-02-15 00:22:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Amon and Ra were the main gods of Upper and Lower Egypt. When they were united the gods merged and were called Amon Ra afterward.
2007-02-15 09:48:47 · answer #2 · answered by miyuki & kyojin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Amon.
The name changed, but it was attributed to function: God of sun or sun itself.
It was Amon-Ra, Horus, Aten.
Aten/Aton was the cause of the Amenhotep IV death. He tried to
establish Aton is the only god, a single god as opposing to many
(idolatry). He tried to did what Moses and later on Christians and
Muslims achieved.
2007-02-15 08:19:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
wasnt he just Amon Ra?
maybe Osiris.
2007-02-15 08:19:28 · answer #4 · answered by Reb Da Rebel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
his name was Osiris. The God of the sun and yet would only emerge in the night.
2007-02-16 16:02:22 · answer #5 · answered by Majikninja 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was Amun-Ra. But there were many other names other than that.
2007-02-15 14:02:06 · answer #6 · answered by TrueWOW 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ra was known to his close friends as Skip, to his mother as Bobo.
2007-02-15 08:23:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
RE? Re-Horakhty I think.
2007-02-15 08:21:08 · answer #8 · answered by eyentmd8 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋