alpha: Ra-Atum (Supreme creator)
alpha: Ra-Atum (Supreme creator)
alpha: Ra-Atum (Supreme creator) by jira
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RA-ATUM: First of the royal divinities, forefather and creator of all things, also known as the lord of the sun... In some Egyptian myths Ra was identified with the god Atum... The god Ra-Atum, thought to be the father of Shu (god of the air) and Tefnut (goddess of moisture) the parents of the gods... A master of transformation and great magic... Ra-Atum faced all sorts of adversaries sailing across the sky by day in a shinning ship called ‘The Bargue of Millions of Years, at night his second ship named “Serpent Prowed”, crewed by the stars he navigated the dark waters of the underworld... But there came a time when he grew weary of living in Heliopolis and moved to heaven...
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samstar on September 20, 2007, 3:25:29 AM
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i love egypt wowpooterda on June 15, 2007, 4:09:11 AM
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Holy crap! This pic kicks so much @$$!supahfreak on December 1, 2005, 10:28:07 AM
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this pic is amazing... he looks so cool!favs!jira on October 3, 2005, 3:25:34 PM
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Thank you "Nightbird", I too enjoy all Egyptian myth!Nightbird on October 2, 2005, 11:30:01 PM
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Oh this is my favorite so far! Great job!jira on March 26, 2005, 12:35:49 PM
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Your view of Ra-Atum being a compositive of two Egyptian deities, is the research interpretation I feel most comfortable with! Though I know that many are the points of view concerning all godly origins...Black_Breeze on March 26, 2005, 10:21:55 AM
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Ra-Atum is a combination of two gods, isn't he? And Ra was the actual creator? I don't know, I was always confused on this particular god. . .jira on February 23, 2005, 8:02:17 AM
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Thats just another one of the many various interpretations that make all myths so fascinating! Thank you for sharing...Daughter_of_Anubis on February 23, 2005, 5:30:23 AM
just Ra is the supreme creator. Ra-Atum is the sun god. Ra was created by the sun that is why he wheres a discus on his head. it is said that Ra created the other gods from his sweat because of the heat of the sun. Ra created people from his tears because there was no one to make earth more beautiful.anyway nice picture. *adds to faves*
jira on January 19, 2005, 6:34:48 AM
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Digging deeper into Egyptian Myths, you'll descover that Ra and Atum were two supreme deities coveted by the ruling dynastys of their time period, until ultimately unify by the ruling class of their time as Ra-Atum...