Norse
Ymir
first giant, raw material of the world
Ra
Egyptian tradition. See the whole pantheon.
- Domains
- sun, kingship, order
- Symbols and attributes
- Sun disk, falcon head, the solar barque
Key myth
Every day Ra crosses the sky in his barque and every night passes through the underworld, fighting the serpent Apep. From the Fourth and Fifth Dynasties kings styled themselves his sons.
Where sources differ or caution applies. Ra is sometimes the creator himself, sometimes descended from Atum, sometimes fused with him. Texts do not agree and Egyptians did not require them to.
Place in the family graph
More traditions
Elsewhere in the world
Deities in other traditions who share a theme with Ra: the sun and light, creation and first beings. This is overlap in one area only.