2022年11月29日 · Like Ra, Atum was a solar god, though his role was more specific. Atum represented the elderly component of Ra and personified the setting sun. As the setting sun, he was often juxtaposed with Khepri, the god of the rising sun. Atum-Ra was regarded as the god of Lower Egypt, while his counterpart Montu-Ra was regarded as the god of Upper Egypt.

2022年11月29日 · Amun was the omnipresent Egyptian god whose true name was too powerful to be known. Rising to prominence relatively late in Egyptian lore, he was merged with the sun god Ra, eventually becoming known as Amun-Ra.

2022年11月29日 · Hathor was the cow-headed Egyptian goddess of love, marriage and motherhood. Like most long-worshiped deities she performed numerous mythological roles, including massacring the enemies of Ra, healing Horus, and nourishing the dead in the afterlife.

2022年11月29日 · Thoth was the vitally important Egyptian god of the moon, medicine, science, wisdom, and magic. Depicted with the head of an ibis, he invented writing, was the divine healer, and acted as advisor to the rest of the pantheon.

2022年12月8日 · Names were routinely invoked as a source of power in Ancient Egypt, and the ritual used here mirrored Isis’s call to remove the poison from Ra. Intriguingly, this story suggests that Isis needed to know Ra’s true name in order to heal him, as the poison she had used was made from his essence. Isis and the Ascendancy of Horus

2022年11月29日 · Bastet was the cat-headed Egyptian goddess who guarded pregnant women and served as a manifestation of the Eye of Ra. Originally a ferocious lioness, her image softened over time, although she retained her fierce protectiveness.

2022年11月29日 · Horus—called Heru-ur in the show—was described as being the son of Ra and Hathor. Such parentage suggests this iteration was based on Horus the Elder, rather than the better known Horus the Younger. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau portrayed Horus in the 2016 film Gods of Egypt. The film followed Horus as he attempted to oust the usurper Set from his ...

2022年11月29日 · Set on Ra’s Solar Barque. Constrasting with the evil and destruction he had wrought in life, Set was a force for good in the afterlife. He rode at the front of Ra’s solar barque and defended the sun god from Apophis, the great chaos monster. Commonly portrayed as a giant snake or crocodile, Apophis would attack Ra each night.

2022年11月29日 · An Ennead was a group of nine gods in Egyptian mythology. Known as the Great Ennead, the Ennead of Heliopolis included the first nine gods: Atum-Ra, Shu, Tefnut, Geb, Nut, Osiris, Isis, Seth, and Nephthys. Despite her somewhat tumultuous relationship with Ra, Nut assisted him with his ascension into the sky. The Separation of Earth and Sky

2022年11月29日 · An important member of the Egyptian pantheon, Geb was an earth god who held sway over snakes, earthquakes, and the underworld. As the third king of Egypt (following Ra and Shu), Geb was closely tied to kingship and royal power. In this relief fragment (c. 2145-2025 BCE) Geb can be seen holding a scepter and ankh. The Walters Art Museum CC0