Egyptian · Solar deity · Certain
Ra
Ra, the ancient Egyptian solar god, represented in one attested falcon-headed solar form while remaining distinct from Ra-Horakhty, Amun-Ra, and Atum-Ra.
Profile research status
This stable record is still in evidence review. Its current identity, cultural scope, image, and direct source records are available here; a complete history, myth, worship, iconography, relationship, and reception profile is not yet claimed.
Direct connections and evidence
Explicit Source
Hathor is named as a daughter of Ra in the Heavenly Cow tradition
This is one source-scoped genealogy, not a universal family tree.
1 attestation · high confidence
- Museo Egizio Papyrus Collection; Lutz Popko and Eleonora Mander, editors, Papyrus Cat.1982, Myth of the Heavenly CowLive institutional object and papyrus catalogue record · Museo Egizio, Turin · Egyptian New Kingdom · Thebes · MuseumObjectId Cat.1982 · Section verso · RecordUrl https://collezionepapiri.museoegizio.it/en-GB/document/137
Archive scope and classification
- Figure classification
- Solar deity, God or goddess · certain
- Pantheon or tradition shelf
- Egyptian
- Cultures
- Ancient Egyptian
- Traditions
- Ancient Egyptian religion
- Periods
- Unspecified
- Places
- Unspecified
Identity and a conservative image prompt are grounded in accession-level historical comparanda; textual, cultic, and relational extraction remains incomplete.
Reviewed sources
- Museo Egizio Papyrus Collection; Lutz Popko and Eleonora Mander, editors, Papyrus Cat.1982, Myth of the Heavenly CowLive institutional object and papyrus catalogue record · Museo Egizio, Turin