God · Egyptian
Ra
Ra, a god of the Egyptian world, and the gods ancient sources said were the same.
Tradition: egyptian
Documented identifications
| Link | Who said so | Note |
|---|---|---|
| identified as Helios | Herodotus, Histories 2.59, c. 430 BCE | Herodotus counts the festival of the Sun at Heliopolis, the city of Ra, among the six great feasts of Egypt. |
| merged with Amun | Theban theology of the New Kingdom, c. 1550 BCE | Amun of Thebes fused with the sun god Ra as Amun-Ra, the chief god of the empire. |
| merged with Atum | Pyramid Texts, c. 2400 BCE | The Pyramid Texts already join the creator Atum and the sun god as Ra-Atum. |