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[[Image:Ra-Horakhti_Hathor.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Ra-Horakhti with Hathor (left), depicted in tomb of Nefertari (QV66)]]'''Ra''' is a prominent creator [[Other gods|god]] in [[Ancient Egyptian religion]], and the most prominent aspect of the Heliopolitan [[Sun God]] (the triad of [[Atum]], Ra and [[Kehpri]]). The cult of Ra reached its zenith in the [[Old Kingdom]], when Ra became the primary state god of [[Egypt]].
 
[[Image:Ra-Horakhti_Hathor.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Ra-Horakhti with Hathor (left), depicted in tomb of Nefertari (QV66)]]'''Ra''' is a prominent creator [[Other gods|god]] in [[Ancient Egyptian religion]], and the most prominent aspect of the Heliopolitan [[Sun God]] (the triad of [[Atum]], Ra and [[Kehpri]]). The cult of Ra reached its zenith in the [[Old Kingdom]], when Ra became the primary state god of [[Egypt]].
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== Name and Titutlary ==
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== Name and Title ==
    
The name of Ra can be directly translated in Egyptian as ‘Sun’. “[[The Litany of Ra]]” invokes the god 74 times with different names and titles, some linking Ra to [[Osiris]], stressing Ra’s importance in the [[netherworld]] and afterlife. Titles from this text include “He Who Has Command Over His Cave”, “He of the Netherworld” and “He Who Renews the Earth”.
 
The name of Ra can be directly translated in Egyptian as ‘Sun’. “[[The Litany of Ra]]” invokes the god 74 times with different names and titles, some linking Ra to [[Osiris]], stressing Ra’s importance in the [[netherworld]] and afterlife. Titles from this text include “He Who Has Command Over His Cave”, “He of the Netherworld” and “He Who Renews the Earth”.
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