Re (sun god)

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Egyptian deity sun god

Re is the ancient Egyptian sun god, a major creator deity and king of the gods who traveled across the sky by day and through the underworld by night.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Re (sun god) canonical	1
manifest solar form of Ra	1

Statements (96)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Egyptian deity ⓘ sun god ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Ra NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedDeity	Amun NERFINISHED ⓘ Atum NERFINISHED ⓘ Hathor NERFINISHED ⓘ Horus NERFINISHED ⓘ Khepri NERFINISHED ⓘ Khnum NERFINISHED ⓘ Maat NERFINISHED ⓘ Osiris NERFINISHED ⓘ Sekhmet NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedPlace	Duat NERFINISHED ⓘ Heliopolis NERFINISHED ⓘ Nun ⓘ sky ⓘ
associatedText	Amduat NERFINISHED ⓘ Book of Gates NERFINISHED ⓘ Book of the Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ Coffin Texts NERFINISHED ⓘ Pyramid Texts NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithConcept	Maʿat NERFINISHED ⓘ cosmic order ⓘ rebirth ⓘ time cycle ⓘ
cultCenter	Heliopolis NERFINISHED ⓘ Iunu NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture	ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
depictedWithAnimal	falcon ⓘ ram ⓘ scarab ⓘ
domain	creation ⓘ kingship ⓘ sky ⓘ sun ⓘ
enemy	Apophis NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
iconography	man with falcon head and sun disk ⓘ ram-headed man ⓘ scarab beetle form ⓘ sun disk encircled by uraeus ⓘ
influence	funerary beliefs ⓘ royal ideology ⓘ solar temples ⓘ
journeyPattern	travels across the sky by day ⓘ travels through the underworld by night ⓘ
linkedTo	pharaoh ⓘ
mythRole	ages and withdraws from direct rule on earth ⓘ battles Apophis each night ⓘ sails with other gods in the solar barque ⓘ sends the Eye of Ra to punish humanity ⓘ
opposedBy	Apophis NERFINISHED ⓘ
parentOf	Geb NERFINISHED ⓘ Hathor NERFINISHED ⓘ Isis NERFINISHED ⓘ Maat NERFINISHED ⓘ Nephthys NERFINISHED ⓘ Nut NERFINISHED ⓘ Osiris NERFINISHED ⓘ Sekhmet NERFINISHED ⓘ Seth NERFINISHED ⓘ Shu NERFINISHED ⓘ Tefnut NERFINISHED ⓘ
pharaonicTitleConnection	Sa Ra (Son of Ra) NERFINISHED ⓘ
role	creator of gods and humans ⓘ protector of Maʿat ⓘ solar ruler ⓘ supreme deity ⓘ
spouseOrConsort	Hathor NERFINISHED ⓘ Hesat NERFINISHED ⓘ Iusaaset NERFINISHED ⓘ
symbol	ankh ⓘ scarab beetle ⓘ solar barque ⓘ sun disk ⓘ uraeus cobra NERFINISHED ⓘ was scepter ⓘ
syncretizedAs	Amun-Ra NERFINISHED ⓘ Atum-Ra NERFINISHED ⓘ Khnum-Re NERFINISHED ⓘ Ra-Horakhty NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeAspect	Atum in the evening ⓘ Khepri in the morning ⓘ Ra at midday ⓘ
timeOfWorship	Middle Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ New Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Ptolemaic period NERFINISHED ⓘ
title	Creator of All ⓘ He Who Rises in the East NERFINISHED ⓘ He Who Sets in the West NERFINISHED ⓘ King of the Gods ⓘ Lord of the Sky NERFINISHED ⓘ
travelsIn	solar barque ⓘ
worshipForm	royal cult ⓘ state cult ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nebmaatre (attributed in some sources) → hasComponent → Re (sun god) ⓘ

The Hidden One → contrastedWith → Re (sun god) ⓘ

this entity surface form: manifest solar form of Ra