Re

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Re is the ancient Egyptian sun god, a major deity associated with creation, kingship, and the daily journey of the sun across the sky.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Re canonical 19

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian deity ⓘ
creator god ⓘ
sun god ⓘ
associatedWith Maʿat ⓘ
linked to: Ma'at

creation ⓘ
heat ⓘ
kingship ⓘ
light ⓘ
order ⓘ
pharaoh ⓘ
sky ⓘ
sun ⓘ
centerOfCult Heliopolis ⓘ
cosmicFunction daily journey across the sky ⓘ
maintenance of cosmic order ⓘ
renewal of the sun ⓘ
culture ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
dailyCycleAspect Atum at evening ⓘ
Khepri ⓘ
Re at midday ⓘ
epithet Creator of All ⓘ
King of the Gods ⓘ
Lord of the Sky ⓘ
familyRelation father of Shu and Tefnut in some traditions ⓘ
father of many gods in Heliopolitan theology ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Ra ⓘ
Rē ⓘ
iconography man with falcon head and solar disk ⓘ
ram-headed deity (evening aspect) ⓘ
scarab beetle (Khepri aspect) ⓘ
solar disk encircled by uraeus cobra ⓘ
linkedToConcept creation of gods and humans ⓘ
cyclical time and rebirth ⓘ
royal legitimacy ⓘ
majorCultCenter Heliopolis ⓘ
mergedForm Amun-Re ⓘ
linked to: Amun

Atum-Re ⓘ
linked to: Atum

Re-Horakhty ⓘ
linked to: Ra-Horakhty
mergedWith Amun ⓘ
Atum ⓘ
Horus ⓘ
opposedBy Apophis ⓘ
religion ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
role patron of kings ⓘ
solar deity ⓘ
supreme deity ⓘ
symbol falcon ⓘ
scarab beetle ⓘ
sun disk ⓘ
uraeus cobra ⓘ
timePeriodOfWorship Late Period ⓘ
Middle Kingdom ⓘ
New Kingdom ⓘ
Old Kingdom ⓘ
travelsIn solar barque ⓘ
underworldJourney travels through Duat at night ⓘ
worshipedBy ancient Egyptians ⓘ
pharaohs ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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