The Egyptians believed that Ra's children were twins, a boy named Shu and a girl named Tefnut. Shu ruled over the air, holding up the sky and Tefnut helped him. I think it would be hard to hold up the sky even with 10 other helpers. Anyways, the strain of this task caused Tefnut to shed tears, providing the morning dew. Shu and Tefnut produced 2 children. The 2 were holding each other when they were born so Ra commanded Shu to separate them; Geb became the sky and Nut became the earth. Geb and Nut had 2 sons and 2 daughters. The most notable of these was the son Osiris, who educated the Egyptians in agriculture. He married his sister Isis, goddess of the home, and was murdered by their brother Set, who through Osiris's body into the Nile. Later Isis rescued Osiris with the help of Nephthys, Set's twin sister. I'm glad I'm not in their family because if I was I would be worried all the time about getting killed.
One of the forms of the sun god (this combo of Re (Ra), Atum the creater God, and Khepri the scarab) represents Re in the early morning. That is a weird combination of people and Gods, wouldn't you say?
