Summary: Ra (Re) is the Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) God of the Sun.

• names
• basic information
• relations
• magick
• candle color
• herbs
• holy days
• priests/priestesses

names:

    Kemetic names: Ra, Re

    (NOTE: In addition to native variations by locality or over time, there are often several possible transliterations into the Roman alphabet used for English.)

basic information:

    Ra — Deity of the Sun: In the Fifth Dynasty Ra emerges from a minor deity to the primary solar deity of the time and creation occurs when the combined deity of Ra-Sekhmet-Bast splits into three. In some creation myths, Ra creates the universe by masturbating. Ra is shown as a golden man, sometimes with a scarab beetle for a head.

    Another combined deity is Amon-Ra, in which Amon and Ra combine to create a single deity.

Ra’s relations:

    Father of Bast, Sekhmet, Het Heret, Djehuti, Seshat, and Ma’at. Sometimes (especially after the Fifth Dynasty) considered to be the father and/or husband of Aset [Isis].

magickal information and correspondences:

    Sacred candle color: gold (Ra and Amon-Ra), pink (Amon-Ra)

herbs associated with Ra (Re):

• fig
• saffron

holy days

    Sunday: Ra is associated with Sunday.

    March: Ra-Nuit is associated with March.

other:

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pictures:

• Picture of Ra (PICTURE)

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