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=Ra-= = = Ra is the Egyptian God of the sun. Ra was also considered to be the leader, or chief, of the Egyptian Gods that Egyptian people believed in. Not only this but Ra was considered to be the father or creation. It is said that humans were created from his tears and were therefore known as the "cattle of Ra". He is depicted as having a hawk head, headdress (which commonly had a cobra around it), and a sun disk on top of his head. Ra is an aging God and when he got to old and tired to deal with his children he left other Gods to deal with them and he took to the sky. At the end of each day Ra would die and he was reborn each sunrise. Ra traveled on a night boat which would take him on his trips through the underworld and towards the east in preparation for his rebirth at sunrise. Ra would also travel on a morning boat. Often times Ra would be accompanied on his morning boat by other Gods such as Seth and Bastet. They accompanied him because during the day while he traveled in his boat he would have to battle his enemy, Apep, which as a snake.

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