Solar deity

inclusion of primarily religious structures in the centre of Amarna indicates that Akhenaten wanted to demonstrate to Egypt the significance of devotion to the Aten. Some of the works constructed by Amenhotep at Luxor and Karnak are indicative of his desire to associate the crown with the sun deity. During one of the many stages of building his temple of Luxor, Amenhotep added a “birth room”, depicting his own birth as the offspring of his mother Mutemwiya and Amun-Ra himself. In his Temples to Aten Akhenaten has included relief scenes of worship to the Aten, depicting some of the royal family facing the sun with offerings of food in front of them. In doing so he has established a kind of “Jesus reputation” for himself and his family; where a Christian might pray to Jesus in order to reach God, the people of Egypt would pray to the royal family, who would in turn pray to the Aten. Those outside the royal family were incapable of connecting directly with the Aten, and so needed the Pharaoh and his family to be the spiritual bridge connecting them with Him. At Karnak, deeply carved relief work from a granary shows the king exclusively clothed in sun-related imagery, including multiple solar discs. In this work Amenhotep is also beginning to be depicted with a thicker, more childlike face and body. This new, more effeminate style of depiction for the king brought in by Amenhotep III was emphasised dramatically by Akhenaten in his art. Initially Akhenaten was depicted in a more…

The Logic to the Mythical World “Superheroes fill a gap in the pop culture psyche, similar to the role of Greek mythology. There really isn’t anything else that does the job in modern terms.”- Christopher Nolan. Imagine living in a world where logic and science don’t match. Where, instead of that, grand stories about fantastic things were considered the truth. That was the world of the Greeks. The Greeks were an intelligent group of people who had a thirst for knowledge. They sought answers to…

Phaëthon’s immaturity affects his decisions. At the beginning of the story, Phaëthon cares too much about what others think. Phaëthon’s mother tells him he’s the Sun God’s son. He’s excited about this information but the other kids at school laugh when Phaëthon tells them that he’s the Sun God’s son. Phaëthon is frustrated by their doubt, so he climbs up to the sun palace; “I have come,” “to find out if you are my father or not. My mother said you were, the boys at school laugh when I tell them…

Introduction Helios was known as the god of the sun in Greek religion and mythology. The greeks believe that there is a lot of gods and goddesses that rule different things in the universe. Helios, the unique-looking Greek god of the sun related to many other famous Olympians, demonstrated his different powers in the Odyssey. Physical Appearance Helios has been described as “A handsome Titan with flowing hair, driving a golden chariot pulled by four fiery steeds across the sky. ‘ This is…

The cosmological genre of the New Kingdom includes a wide variety of compositions detailing different aspects of the sun god’s cyclical journey, from sunset in the west each evening through sunrise and rebirth each the morning. These works describe the geography and events of the afterlife, in which the sun god encounters dangers, revives the deceased, and is ultimately renewed before rejoining the world of the living. Within the broader cosmological genre, scholars have distinguished various…

Ra, previously known as Atum, was the most important god in Egyptian mythology. He is said to have created himself from the mound formed by the eight original beings, or the OGDOAD. After he created himself, he created Shu and Tefnut to create the world. Since the world was created he has sailed across the sky as the Sun. Ra was known as the creation and Sun god. He was thought of as having the Sun as his body or eye. The ancient Egyptians thought of the Sun as warmth, light, and creation.…

wrong and the fights is at Equinoxes, this way the Oak King is stronger at Litha and the Holly king is powerful during Yule. Although some wiccan traditions think that the Oak King and Holly King are seen as the Horned God. The Holly King is a wood version of santa claus as he is in red and has a twig of holly in his hair and rides with eight stags. The Oak King is a fertility god and is a green man or lord of the forest. For Litha A fire is lit in honor of a solar deity and the sun, jumping…

This is about the God of Sun. The Gods name is “Ra”. He is one of the Ancient Egyptians most important God. His appearance is a man with a hawk head and head dress with a sun disk. The Egyptians believed that Ra was swallowed by the sky Goddess Nut and reborn every morning. They also believed that at night he traveled through the under world. When he was in the under world he appeared as a man with the head of a ram. Ra was often considered to be the King of Gods and one of the central…

of the universe, gods who participated, are considered aspects of Re. When Re’s disk rose out of the watery chaos of Nun, time itself began. So, the Egyptians believe that every day, Re travels across the sky in two celestial boats, one for the morning, one for the afternoon, to make the sun rise and fall. Next off, Nun. There isn’t much to say about Nun, except that he’s a watery chaos from which the universe was created. I mentioned Atum in my part about Re, so now I will tell you about him.…

Life was extremely different at the time of ancient Egypt. The culture and religion was very more symbolic as well as artistic. The representation and reflection of the gods and goddess were precious and very detailed to help the viewers to understand the creation of life. The Egyptians believed in the existence of gods and goddess, who have their own symbolic representations which developed beliefs in different things. One of the most important deity at the time was the sun god Ra, this god was…