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Amen-Ra

or A·mon-Ra

[ ah-muhn-rah ]

noun

, Egyptian Mythology.
  1. a god in whom Amen and Ra were combined: the god of the universe and the supreme Egyptian god during the period of Theban political supremacy.


Amen-Ra

/ ˌɑːmənˈrɑː /

noun

  1. Egyptian myth the sun-god; the principal deity during the period of Theban hegemony


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Her worship centred at Thebes, where her temple was situated a little to the south of the shrine of Amen-Ra.

Very magnificent was Amen-Ra, the king of the gods, the maker of men, as he stood before the queen.

Again, Amen-Ra slew Naka, and this serpent ‘saved his feet.’

As Amen-Ra he is the king of Theban gods, the divinity of the sun.

The great female counterpart of Amen-Ra was Mut, the 'world-mother.'

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